# From: Cljohnso@aol.com Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:39:46 -0500 Subject: CRD: Houses In The Fields (John Gorka) Houses in the Fields -- John Gorka (from the 1991 album, "Jack's Crows) Intro: F G F Dm G F Verse 1:

^FThey're growing houses in the fields between t^Ghe towns ^F ^DmAnd the Starlight Drive-in movie's clo^Gsing down ^F ^F ^FThe road is gone to the way it was ^Gbefore ^F And the space^Dms won't be spaces anym^Gore ^F

Verse 2:

^FTwo more farms were broken by the^G drought ^F ^DmFirst the Wagners now the Fullers pull^Ging out ^F ^F ^FDevelopers paid better t^Ghan the corn ^F But th^Dmis was not the place w^Ghere they were born ^F

Chorus:

^FTh^Fere's houses in the fields, ^Gno prayers for steady rain this year ^FHouses in the fields^G, there's houses in the fields ^F ^FTh^Dme last few farms are growing^G out of here ^F ^F

Verse 3:

^FAt first he wouldn't sell a^Gnd then he would ^F ^DmNow there'll be children playing ^Gwhere the silos stood ^F ^F ^FThe word came from the marrow of his ^Gbones ^F It was the last^Dm sure way to pay off a^Gll the loans ^F

Verse 4:

^FThe new streets will be named for ^Gkings and queens ^F And a ran^Dmsom will be paid for ^Gevery castle's dream ^F ^F ^FThe model sign is crested ^Gwith a lion ^F And the farme^Dmrs they will have enoug^Gh to die on ^F

(Chorus) Verse 5:

^FOh I guess no one should be afraid of ^Gchange ^F Dm G F But tell me why i^Fs there a fence for every open range? ^FIt's a sign I'm get^Gting on in years ^F When noth^Dming new is welcome t^Go these eyes and ears ^F

(Chorus) Final Verse:

^FThey're growing houses in the fields between t^Ghe towns ^F And the Star^Dmlight Drive-in movie is ^Gall closed do^Fwn ^F ^FThe road is gone to the way it was ^Gbefore ^F And the space^Dms won't be spaces anym^Gore ^F ^FNo^Dm the spaces won't be spaces an^Gymore ^F

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John Gorka - Houses in the fields