Canola Fields
James McMurtry
- Cadd9
- D
- Dsus4/F#
- Em7
- G
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Key:
2x0233 Dsus4/F#022033 Em7 These chords are derived from listening to the released single, backed up by watching James play this on his Facebook livestreams whenever things weren't clear. Sometimes I hear the F# in the bass of the D chords on the album version, sometimes it's just D. He definitely puts an F# in the bass on the Facebook livestreams, so that's what I've done here. Either is probably fine. Figure 1:E|-------3------3---| B|-------3------3---| G|-------0------0---| D|-------2------2---| A|-------2------3---| E|-3--2--0--2-------|The figure above is what is actually played at the tail end of the first half of each verse, when the chord changes quickly move between G-Dsus4/F#-Em7/Dsus4/F#-Cadd9. The chords shown are what is implied harmonically. It sounds okay to play these, but it is better to just hold the Cadd9 shape and use your index finger to play the bass note movement as shown above. This happens a lot in this song - hold and ring certain chords, move your index finger to hit the bass notes or throw in fills, as James does. [Intro lick]E|-------3-3----3----------| B|-------3-3----3----------| G|-------0-0----0----------| D|--0h2------2-----2--0h2--| A|-------------------------| E|-------------------------|[Verse 1]Cadd9 G I was thinking 'bout you, crossing Southern AlbertaCadd9 Dsus4/F# Canola fields on a July dayCadd9 G Dsus4/F# Are about the same chartreuse as that sixty-nine bugEm7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 You used to drive around San JoseCadd9 G You never knew where my old white Lincoln might take youCadd9 Dsus4/F# Party on wheels with suicide doorsCadd9 G Dsus4/F# Bring the kids and the dogs and your grandma tooEm7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 We always had room for more [Verse 2]Cadd9 G Til that white-knuckle ride back from Santa CruzCadd9 Dsus4/F# Second-best surfer on the central coastCadd9 G Dsus4/F# Had you wrapped up all the way back to Los GatosEm7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 And I could've cut his throatCadd9 G And it wasn't like we were an item to start withDsus4/F# Em7 It had no basis in factCadd9 G But the whiskey could push me to sudden extremesContinues after the adG Dsus4/F# I don't want to think about that,Cadd9 G I don't want to think about that [Chorus]Cadd9 Em7 D Take my hand MarieCadd9 G Dsus4/F# G Cadd9 Take a death grip on some part of meCadd9 G Dsus4/F# Em7 Keep me from drifting far out to seaEm7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Or I'll be lost out there [Bridge]Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# Em7Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# [Verse 3]Cadd9 G We all filtered away with the days getting shorterCadd9 Dsus4/F# Seeking our place in the greater schemeCadd9 G Dsus4/F# Em7 Kids and careers and a vague sense of orderDsus4/F# Cadd9 Busting apart at the seamsCadd9 G I heard you switched coasts, moved in with your sisterCadd9 Dsus4/F# I doubt you'd have called it familial blissCadd9 G Dsus4/F# We met up in Brooklyn before it went hipsterEm7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 You carried your keys in your fistCadd9 G In a way back corner of a cross-town busDsus4/F# Em7 We were hiding out under my hatCadd9 G Cashing in on a thirty-year crushG Dsus4/F# You can't be young and do thatCadd9 G You can't be young and do that [Chorus]Cadd9 Em7 D Take my hand MarieCadd9 G Dsus4/F# G Cadd9 Take a death grip on some part of meCadd9 G Dsus4/F# Em7 Keep me from drifting far out to seaEm7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Or I'll be lost out thereEm7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Or I'll be lost out there [Solo]Em7 Dsus4/F# G D Cadd9 DEm7 Dsus4/F# G D Cadd9Em7 Dsus4/F# G D Cadd9D D [Verse 4]Cadd9 G I was thinking 'bout you crossing Southern AlbertaCadd9 Dsus4/F# Canola fields at harvest timeCadd9 G Dsus4/F# Look like tumbleweeds all raked up into rowsEm7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Brown rusty contour linesCadd9 G And there's not much moving on the romance radarCadd9 Dsus4/F# Not that I'm craving it all that muchCadd9 G Dsus4/F# But I still need to feel every once in a whileEm7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 The warmth of a smile and a touchCadd9 G In a way back corner of a cross-town busDsus4/F# Em7 We were hiding out under my hatCadd9 G Cashing in on a thirty-year crushG Dsus4/F# You can't be young and do thatDsus4/F# Cadd9 G You can't be young and do thatG Dsus4/F# You can't be young and do thatDsus4/F# Cadd9 G You can't be young and do that [Chorus]Cadd9 Em7 D Take my hand MarieCadd9 G Dsus4/F# G Cadd9 Take a death grip on some part of meCadd9 G Dsus4/F# Em7 Keep me from drifting far out to seaEm7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Or I'll be lost out thereEm7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Or I'll be lost out thereEm7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 I'll be lost out there