Intro:
GCDGCDE|---3--------3----3--------3----2---2---2-----|---3--------3----3--------3----2---2--------|
B|---3--------3----3--------3----3---3---3-----|---3--------3----3--------3----3---3--------|
G|---0--------0----0--------0----2---2---2-----|---0--------0----0--------0----2---2--------|
D|----------0---------0h2-2----0-------0-------|----------0---------0h2-2----0-------0------|
A|------0h2------3-----------------0-----------|------0h2------3-----------------0-----3-2-0|
E|-3----------------------------------------2--|-3------------------------------------------|
Play the first half of the progression over the verses, ending each verse with the second half.
Chorus:
GC
The Chev got stuck and the Ford got stuck,
DG
Got the Chev unstuck when the Dodge showed up,
GA7
but the Dodge got stuck in the tractor rut
A7D
which eventually pulled out the Ford
(With some difficulty)
Verse 1:
GC
Well, more rain than we'd seen for a thousand years
D
Caused financial joys and biblical fears
GC
It caused some smiles, it caused some tears
D
But more to the point of our story:
GC
For the first time in the collective memory,
D
That old brown prairie that had been so dry
GCD
For so long, was very muddy, boggy, sticky,
GC
We'd pull one truck out and get another stuck in,
D
And motors would roar and tires would spin,
GC
We'd sink right down, down to the diff,
D
we'd all take turns and do it again,
GC
'Til no one could move we call one more friend,
D
Come on out here we need ya, bring yer truck
|GC |D |
(Second half of intro)
Chorus:
GC
The Chev got stuck and the Ford got stuck,
DG
Got the Chev unstuck when the Dodge showed up,
GA7
but the Dodge got stuck in the tractor rut
A7D
which eventually pulled out the Ford
(And the Dodge, equal opportunity)
Verse 2:
GC
Well got me stuck in the mud so as I couldn't rehearse,
D
Chavez too has missed his work,
GC
Richie he now fears the worst,
D
Stood up his ex-wife she called him a jerk
GC
Of course Holdman didn't have nothin better to do,
D
...Except wrench
|GC |D |
Chorus:
GC
The Chev got stuck and the Ford got stuck,
DG
Got the Chev unstuck when the Dodge showed up,
GA7
but the Dodge got stuck in the tractor rut
A7D
which eventually pulled out the Ford
Verse 3:
GC
Well it was truck after truck we all got stuck
D
'Cept the big ol' four-by Hutterite truck,
GC
We all thought "Lord, are we in luck"
D
But he wouldn't come anywhere near us. Mighty neighbourly.
GCD
Mighty neighbourly
GC
We used a lot of our backs and a little of our brains,
D
We jacked up the jacks and snugged up the the chains,
GC
We all did our very best to refrain
D
From shovelin',
GC
We put what timber we had underneath the wheels,
D
And we was all outta sand, but managed to steal,
GCD
Two sacks of the best modern canola seed ya ever did see,
D
That oughta give us some traction
|GC |D |
Chorus:
GC
The Chev got stuck and the Ford got stuck,
DG
Got the Chev unstuck when the Dodge showed up,
GA7
but the Dodge got stuck in the tractor rut
A7D
which eventually pulled out the Ford
(Epilogue)
Verse 4:
GC
We spilled genetically modified canola seed
D
That was genetically modified for controlling the weeds,
GC
And for big old yields of margarine oil,
D
Raised hell all over that native prairie soil
GCDG
Agriculture Canada is definitely gonna be lookin' for us