INTRO
CAPO 3 FD T
Bm
Em C
D G
Iron-clad feather-feet pounding the dust
C
D Dsus4
G
An October's day, towards evening
Em
C
D G
Sweat embossed veins standing proud to the plough
C D
Dsus4 G
Salt on a deep chest seasoning
Em C
D G
Last of the line at an honest day's toil
C D
Dsus4 G
Turning the deep sod under
Em C
D G
Flint at the fetlock, chasing the bone
C D
Dsus4 G
Flies at the nostrils plunder.
C
D
G C
The Suffolk, the Clydesdale, the Percheron vie
Am
D Dsus4 Em
with the Shire on his feathers floating
C
D G
C
Hauling soft timber into the dusk
C D
Dsus4 G
to bed on a warm straw coating.
F#7 Bm G Bm
G A
Heavy Horses, move the land under me
F#7 Bm
G Bm
G A
Behind the plough gliding --- slipping and sliding free
F#7 G
D
Now you're down to the few
Bb F
And there's no work to do
C
Em D Bm
