Golden Gate Fields

Written by John Stewart

‘Golden Gate Fields’ is on “The Day the River Sang”, Appleseed, 2006.

‘Let the Big Horse Run’, ‘Wild Horse Road’, ‘All the Wild Horses’, ‘Tanforan’,in a way, ‘Mother Country’, too…After all, John is the son of a horse trainer, and here´s another fine song dealing with horses (and those who ride them). Cinema for the mind, once again.

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Golden Gate Fields John Stewart

(E) (E4) (E) (E4) (E) (E4) (B) (E)

Down in the (E4)valley

At the (E)sunrise you'll (E4)find

Jo(E)se and (C#m)Maria on (A)old 4-0-(B)5,

And he (E)said to Ma(E7)ria,

"I' II (A)call you to(G#m)night

(A)After the (E)claim stake,

When (B7)everything's right."

And they're (E)driving to (E4)Glendale,

And the (E)race is at (E4)noon.

His (E)coffee's too (E4)hot,

And he's (F#)boarding too (B)soon

To (E)stare out the (E7)window

At (A)Camino (G#m)Real,

As they (A)saddle the (E)horses

At (F#)Golden Gate (B)Fields.

And the (A)horses and (G#m)jockeys

While the (A)danger is (E)real,

At (A)post time and the (E)coast time

At (B7)Golden Gate (E)Fields.

(E4) (E) (E4) (E) (E4) (A) (B7)

Now, (E)Lefty, he´s the (E4)shooter,

He (E)arrived at the (E4)track,

His (E)stash and his (E4)needles

In the (F#)bag on his (B)back.

And they're (E)leading the (E7)horses

(A)Out of the (G#m)barn,

(A)Lefty's in (E)line

With the (A)tracks on his (B)arm.

And he's (E)looking for a (E4)horse

To (E)get through the (E4)day,

That's (E)why he's the (E4)shooter,

And he's (F#)willing to (B)pay

The (E)price of the (E7)monkey

Who (A)takes him a(G#m)way.

He's a-(A)betting on (E)horses

That (F#)don't ever (B)pay.

And the (A)horses and (G#m)junkies,

The (A)danger is (E)real,

At the (A)post time and the (E)coast time

At (F#)Golden Gate (B)Fields.

And the (A)horses and the (G#m)junkies

While the (A)dangers are (E)real,

At the (A)post time and the (E)coast time

At (B7)Golden Gate (E)Fields.

(E4) (E) (E4) (E) (E4) (A) (B7)

(E) (E7) (A) (G#m) (A) (E) (B7)

Now the (E)first race

Is the(E4)claim stake,

And (E)Jose is (E4)back,

(E)Holding the (E4)reins,

Staying (F#)back in the (B)pack.

A(E)round the far (E7)turn

He (A)gives him his (G#m)slack,

A(A)voiding the (E)horses

Now (F#)flat on their (B7)backs.

And the (A)horses and (G#m)junkies

And the (A)dangers are(E)real,

At the (A)post time and the (E)coast time

At (B7)Golden Gate (E)Fields.

(E4) (E) (E4) (E)

Jose and Ma(E4)ria

And (E)Lefty and (E4)junk,

Who will (E)ride for the (E4)thrills

And (F#)what's in their (B)trunk?

And they´re (E)counting on (E7)angels

Who (A)know how it (G#m)feels

At (A)post time and (E)coast time

At (B7)Golden Gate (E)Fields.

For the (A)horses and the (G#m)jockeys

And the (A)dangers are (E)real,

At (A)post time and (E)coast time

At (F#)Golden Gate (B)Fields.

And the (A)horses and (G#m)junkies

And the (A)dangers are (E)real,

At the (A)post time and (E)coast time (hold)

At (B7)Golden Gate (E)Fields.

Charlie Woodward, Art Faller & janhauenstein@gmx.de

January 2006