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Houses In The Fields

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John Gorka (born in July 1958) is an American contemporary folk musician. In 1991, Rolling Stone magazine called him "the pre-eminent male singer-songwriter of what has been dubbed the New Folk Movement.

Gorka was born in Edison, New Jersey. He received his first guitar as a Christmas gift, though Gorka alleges that his older brother stole it from him shortly thereafter. He eventually learned, instead, to play the banjo, and began performing in a folk music group at his church.

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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:
G D C
Em D C

Verse 1:
G D C
They're growing houses in the fields between the towns
Em D C G
And the Starlight Drive-in movie's closing down
G D C
The road is gone to the way it was before
Em D C
And the spaces won't be spaces anymore

Verse 2:
G D C
Two more farms were broken by the drought
Em D C G
First the Wagners now the Fullers pulling out
G D C
Developers paid better than the corn
Em D C
But this was not the place where they were born

Chorus:
G C D
There's houses in the fields, no prayers for steady rain this year
C D C
Houses in the fields, there's houses in the fields
G Am D G C
The last few farms are growing out of here

Verse 3:
G D C
At first he wouldn't sell and then he would
Em D C G
Now there'll be children playing where the silos stood
G D C
The word came from the marrow of his bones
Em D C
It was the last sure way to pay off all the loans

Verse 4:
G D C
The new streets will be named for kings and queens
Em D C G
And a ransom will be paid for every castle's dream
G D C
The model sign is crested with a lion
Em D C
And the farmers they will have enough to die on

(Chorus)

Verse 5:
G D C
Oh I guess no one should be afraid of change
Em D C
G
But tell me why is there a fence for every open range?
G D C
It's a sign I'm getting on in years
Em D C
When nothing new is welcome to these eyes and ears

(Chorus)

Final Verse:
G D C
They're growing houses in the fields between the towns
Em D C G
And the Starlight Drive-in movie is all closed down
G D C
The road is gone to the way it was before
Em D C
And the spaces won't be spaces anymore
G Am D G
No the spaces won't be spaces anymore

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