I Spy (Fields of Gold)

Music and Lyrics by RAW Boswin

G C G C

Picture a young man, Age 22 Facing conscription, on a harvest moon,

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From Provost, Alberta, spent New Years '43 In the company of strangers on the cold streets of Calgary,

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Said a man came to the farm, he told my father so, Camp Wainright's training infantry, there's a better way to go,

G C Emin D Amin7 G/B C

The Army did come calling, But we beat'em to the test, See the Red Indian Squadron had my name on the list,

Prechorus

C D Emin C D/C Emin

There were hard times, so we took desperate measures, When the sun'd shine, We'd make hay

C D Emin D/F#

But the best times, I still remember… Come when

Chorus

G C Emin C

I spy, with my little eye… Little house on the prairie, Not a cloud in the sky

G C Emin

When the harvest is in, When the seeds are sown, When the feed's in the silos,

C D G C G CCCCC(SILENCE!)

All bunkered down in fields of gold.

Verse 2

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First stop was Cape Breton, the next was over there. Normandy from Liverpool, I's keeping Spitfires in the air

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'Til 1945, when the war was said and done, We were 17 unlucky lads and 83 Alberta bound!

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With the money I made in his Majesty's command, Well I bought and cleared the parcels bellied up against my father's land

G C Emin Amin7 G/B G/B C

While I'd learned the waltz, I'd lose my courage at the dance, Alone til '67, When I found true love on Lac Saint Anne.

Refrain: G C G C

Verse 3

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Sold the farm, in '83 I built the cabin, at Alberta Beach

G C Emin D Amin7 G/B G/B C

On the way to The 'Bridge" from Var-Jer-Val. Let's take the long way home, Cuz I just feel like talking now!

Prechorus

CHORUS (Twice second time Acoustic only)

G C Emin C

I spy, with my little eye… Little house on the prairie, Not a cloud in the sky

G C Emin

When the harvest is in, When the seeds are sown, When the feed's in the silos,

C D G (let it ring to SILENCE!)

All bunkered down in fields Oh!…

I spy, with my little eye… Little house on the prairie, Not a cloud in the sky

When the harvest is in, When the seeds are sown,

Emin (crescendo) C C D D G C

When the feed's in the silos… All bunkered down in fields of gold.

Outro:

G C G C (repeat if necessary)

Fields of Gold… All Bunkered down in fields of Goo-ooo-o-old

For Papa Glenn

©2002 Rob Oswin (Raw Boswin)

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