Canola Fields

INTRO:
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VERSE:
       C                           G
I was thinkin' 'bout you crossin' Southern Alberta
 C                  D
Canola fields on a July day
           C                       G          G
'Bout the same chartreuse as that sixty-nine Bug
             Em           D    C
You used to drive around San Jose


VERSE:
       C                       G
Never knew where my old white Lincoln might take you
 C                    D
Party on wheels with suicide doors
           C                          G       D
Bring the kids and the dogs and your grandma too
    Em         D        C
We always had room for more


VERSE:
           C                            G
'Til that white knuckle ride back from Santa Cruz
 C                         D
Second best surfer on the central coast
         C                      G           D
Had you wrapped up all the way back to Los Gatos
    Em         D       C
And I couldda cut his throat


VERSE:
       C                      G
And I wasn't like we were an item to start with
    D               Em
It had no basis in fact
         C                        G
But the whiskey could push me to sudden extremes
                           D
I don't wanna think about that
               C           G   G
I don't wanna think about that


CHORUS:
C         Em     D  D
 Take my hand Marie
C        G             D           C
 Take a death grip on some part of me

 C            G        D         Em
Keep me from driftin' far out to sea
            Em   D   C   C
Or I'll be lost out there


INSTRUMENTAL:
C  G  D  Em  C  G  D  D


VERSE:
        C                      G
We all filtered away with the days gettin' shorter
 C                        D
Seekin' our place in the greater scheme
 C                      G
Kids and careers and a vague sense of order
 Em       D           C
Bustin' apart at the seams


VERSE:
   C                               G
I heard you switched coasts, moved in with your sister
   C                         D
I doubt she'd'a called it familial bliss
    C                    G
We met up in Brooklyn before it went hipster
     Em           D            C
You carried your keys in your fist


VERSE:
       C                    G
Then away back corner of a cross-town bus
         D                  Em
We were hidin' out under my hat
 C               G
Cashin' in on a thirty year crush

                           D
You can't be young and do that
              C            G   G
You can't be young and do that


CHORUS:
C         Em     D  D
 Take my hand Marie
C        G             D           C
 Take a death grip on some part of me

 C            G        D         Em
Keep me from driftin' far out to sea
            Em   D   C   C
Or I'll be lost out there
            Em   D   C   C
Or I'll be lost out there


INSTRUMENTAL/G  O:
Em D G D C  D
Em D G D C  C
Em D G  C  C  D  D


VERSE:
       C                           G
I was thinkin' 'bout you crossin' Southern Alberta
 C                D
Canola fields at harvest time look like
 C                    G
Tumbleweeds all raked up into rows
     Em          D       C   C
And brown rusty contour lines


VERSE:
             C                      G
And there's not much movin' on the romance radar
 C                       D
Not that I'm cravin' it all that much
       C                        G
But I still need to feel every once in a while
     Em          D           C   C
The warmth of a smile and a touch


VERSE:
       C                    G
Then away back corner of a cross-town bus
         D                  Em
We were hidin' out under my hat
 C               G
Cashin' in on a thirty year crush
                           D
You can't be young and do that
              C            G   G
You can't be young and do this

     G                     D
You can't be young and do that
              C            G  G
You can't be young and do this


CHORUS:
C         Em     D  D
 Take my hand Marie
C        G             D           C
 Take a death grip on some part of me

 C            G        D         Em
Keep me from driftin' far out to sea
            Em   D   C   C
Or I'll be lost out there
            Em   D   C   C
Or I'll be lost out there

         Em   D   C
I'll be lost out there