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Fields of Gold
By Sting
 
Capo 2
 
Chord Guide
        231
Am:   x02210
      134211
F:    133211
       32 1
C:    x32010
 
 
Strum: D   D U   U D U
       1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
 
/ Am - - - / x8
 
Am                           F
You'll remember me when the west wind moves
                    C
Upon the fields of barley
          Am                  F       C
You'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
       F       G             Am
As we walk in fields of gold
 
/ Am - - - / Am – F - / C - - - / - - - - /
 
e--10---10-|--9-7--------------|----10---|--
B----------|------10--8--10-10-|--8----7-|--
F----------|-------------------|---------|--
 
        Am                   F
So she took her love for to gaze awhile
                    C
Upon the fields of barley
        Am                   F         C
In his arms she fell as her hair come down
 F         G             C
Among the fields of gold
 
          Am                   F
Will you stay with me will you be my love
                     C
Among the fields of barley
         Am                  F       C
We'll forget the sun in his jealous sky
       F      G             Am
As we lie in fields of gold
 
/ Am - - - / Am – F - / C - - - / - - - - /
 
e--10---10-|--9-7--------------|----10---|--
B----------|------10--8--10-10-|--8----7-|--
F----------|-------------------|---------|--
 
        Am                     F
See the west wind move like a lover so
                    C
Upon the fields of barley
          Am                 F        C
Feel her body rise when you kiss her mouth
 F         G              C
Among the fields of gold
 
F              C
I never made promises lightly
F                    C
And there have been some that I've broken
F                   C
But I swear in the days still left
       F       G         C
We'll walk in fields of gold
       F       G             C
We'll walk in fields of gold
 
{ Guitar solo }
 
e--10-9-7--------|--10-9-7-----------|---7---------------|-
B----------10-10-|----------10-10/12-|------10-10--------|-
F----------------|-------------------|------------7-9/11-|-
C----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-
G----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-
E----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-
 
e--10-9-7--------|--10-9-7---------|------------------|--
B----------10-10-|----------10--10-|----7-8--7-7------|--
F----------------|-----------------|--9-----------9-7-|--
C----------------|-----------------|------------------|--
G----------------|-----------------|------------------|--
E----------------|-----------------|------------------|--
 
      Am                            F
Many years have passed since those summer days
                     C
Among the fields of barley
         Am                  F        C
See the children run as the sun goes down
 F         G             C
Among the fields of gold
 
         Am                  F
You'll remember me when the west wind moves
                    C
Upon the fields of barley
         Am                  F       C
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
         F         G             C
When we walked in fields of gold
 
         F         G             C
When we walked in fields of gold
         F         G
When we walked in fields of gold
 

/ C – F - / x7

 

End on C

 


This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.