{title: Out in the fields}
{artist: Gary Moore}
{artist: Phil Lynott}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 180}
{key: Dm}
{duration: 4:04}
{meta: author Opa Lawaai, 2026-07-24}
{meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsKpazeA5L8}
{comment: %{time}, %{tempo} BPM}
{comment: Key: %{key}}
{comment: You could also play most chords as power-chords a.k.a. (no3)-chords.}
{start_of_abc: Intro-solo}
X:1
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:Dm
Q:1/4=180
%%%scale 1.5
"Dm"z4f4 | e4c4 | d4f4 | e4c4 | "A#"d4f4 | e4g4 |d8- | d8 :|
{end_of_abc}
{start_of_part: Intro-chords}
[Dm] [Dm] [A#] [A#]
[Dm] [Dm] [A#] [A#] [*-] [NC]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
[Dm] It doesn't matter if you're [Dm]wrong, or if you're right
[A#] It makes no difference if you're [A#]black, or if you're white
[C] All men are equal till the [C]victory is won
[Gm] No color or religion [A]ever stopped a bullet from a gun
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
[Dm]Out [F]in [A#]the [C]fields, the [C]fighting has begun
[Dm]Out [F]on [A#]the [C]streets, they're [C]falling one by one
[Dm]Out [F]from [A#]the [C]skies, a thousand [C]more will die each [A#maj7]day
[G5]Death is just a heartbeat away
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Instrumental 1}
[Dm] [Dm] [A#] [A#] [C][*-][C]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
[Dm] It doesn't matter if you're [Dm]left, or to the right
[A#] Don't try to hide behind the [A#]cause for which you fight
[C] There'll be no prisoners taken [C]when the day is done
[Gm] No flag no uniform [A][NC]ever stopped a bullet from a gun
{end_of_verse}
{chorus: Chorus 2}
{start_of_part: Instrumental 2}
[Dm] [Dm]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_bridge: Bridge}
[A#] There's no com[A#]munication
[Gm] No one to [Gm]take the blame
[Am] The cries of [Am]every nation
[C] They're falling [G]on deaf [Am]ears [C] a-
{end_of_bridge}
{start_of_part: Link 1}
[Dm]gain [F/D] [C/D] [Gm] [F][*-][Em]
[Dm] [F/D] [A#/D] [C/D]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Guitar solo}
[Dm] [Dm] [Dm] [Dm]
[A#] [A#] [A#] [A#]
[C] [C] [C] [C]
[G5] [G5] [A] [A]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_part: Link 2}
{comment: Soft}
[Dm]Out [F]in [A#]the [C]fields [C]
[Dm]Out [F]in [A#]the [C]fields (they are [C]falling one by one)
[Dm]Out [F]in [A#]the [C]fields (no flag has [C]ever stopped a bullet - from a gun)
{comment: Loud}
[Gm][NC]Death is just a heartbeat away
{end_of_part}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 3}
[Dm]Out [F]in [A#]the [C]fields, a [C]heartbeat away
[Dm]Out [F]in [A#]the [C]fields, death is just a [C]heartbeat away
[Dm]Out [F]in [A#]the [C]fields, a [C]heartbeat away
[Dm]Out [F]in [A#]the [C]fields [C]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outro}
[Em]Out [G]in [C]the [D]fields, the [D]fighting has begun
[Em]Out [G]on [C]the [D]streets, they're [D]falling one by one
[Em]Out [G]from [C]the [D]skies, a thousand [D]more will die each
[Cmaj7]day [Cmaj7] [A5] [A5]
[Em]Out!
{end_of_part}