Owl City - Field Notes: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Field Notes" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

        D#               Fm
We were heading on home, deasil in me
        G#                  A#
Down an old gravel road way out in the country
Cm                  A#                     Fm7 D#
Tuckered out after working the fields all-day
     G#               A#
When all of a sudden, off like a shot
     D#                    Cm                  D#
That dog took off running, barkin' his head off
    G#               Fm                          G#
Wherever he went, he went like there was hell to pay

So lickety-split, I crashed through the fields
Chasin' after that hound and I was hot on his heels
When we both went over the edge of a deep ravine
As I crawled up the bank cold and soaked to the bone
A glint caught my eye from the mud where it shone
Something was buried there alongside the stream
Now the middle of a field is a pretty odd
place to find
Some kind of trunk or a chest or a crate
But buried under the earth, I saw a corner exposed
No, there wasn't a map or a note or a key
It was clearly forgotten just waiting for me
Like I was supposed to find it there right
under my nose

It had laid there for years, deep in the dirt
So I dug it out and wiped my hands on my shirt
I pried up the lid and excitedly peered inside
And what I saw was a sight to behold
'Cause that tattered old trunk was crammed
full of gold
My eyes bugged out, it was enough to make
a grown man cry
Big golden bricks with a shimmery sheen
They were a staggering sight to a poor boy like me
And right then and there, I knew what I had to do
So with a smile, I sold what little I had
I gave my pots and my pans to my mom and my dad
And then I bought that field

And then, full of joy, I said goodbye to my shack
It wasn't much of a home so I never looked back
And I never questioned the choice I happily made
I said, "I need that field whatever it takes"
You might call it foolish but I'd call it faith
Trusting in God so gladly, you can't hardly wait
And that's how I learned how a rich fella counts
His treasure in heaven, not under the ground
'Cause betting the farm is well worth the risk
To carefully keep such a beautiful
gift that's yours forever
It's a pretty good deal
There's a couple of things more precious than gold
One is your heart and the other's your soul
And you've got something unique that nobody
can steal

        G                      D
It's a fable, you see and the moral is this
      G                  C           Em      D
Your heart's with your treasure, wherever it is
     Am                C
And trust me when you dig, a treasure
     B7  Em  D
will be revealed
        Am                     C
And you never know what could be
               G            D
buried in the middle of a field


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Am

Guitar chord Am

B7

Guitar chord B7

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

Em

Guitar chord Em

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

Fm7

Guitar chord Fm7

G

Guitar chord G

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Field Notes" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Field Notes" by Owl City.