Chorus:
G# C#
The Chev got stuck and the Ford got stuck,
D# G#
Got the Chev unstuck when the Dodge showed up,
G# A#7
but the Dodge got stuck in the tractor rut
A#7 D#
which eventually pulled out the Ford
(With some difficulty)
Verse 1:
G# C#
Well, more rain than we'd seen for a thousand years
D#
Caused financial joys and biblical fears
G# C#
It caused some smiles, it caused some tears
D#
But more to the point of our story:
G# C#
For the first time in the collective memory,
D#
That old brown prairie that had been so dry
G# C# D#
For so long, was very muddy, boggy, sticky,
G# C#
We'd pull one truck out and get another stuck in,
D#
And motors would roar and tires would spin,
G# C#
We'd sink right down, down to the diff,
D#
we'd all take turns and do it again,
G# C#
'Til no one could move we call one more friend,
D#
Come on out here we need ya, bring yer truck
|G# C# |D# |
(Second half of intro)
Chorus:
G# C#
The Chev got stuck and the Ford got stuck,
D# G#
Got the Chev unstuck when the Dodge showed up,
G# A#7
but the Dodge got stuck in the tractor rut
A#7 D#
which eventually pulled out the Ford
(And the Dodge, equal opportunity)
Verse 2:
G# C#
Well got me stuck in the mud so as I couldn't rehearse,
D#
Chavez too has missed his work,
G# C#
Richie he now fears the worst,
D#
Stood up his ex-wife she called him a jerk
G# C#
Of course Holdman didn't have nothin better to do,
D#
...Except wrench
|G# C# |D# |
Chorus:
G# C#
The Chev got stuck and the Ford got stuck,
D# G#
Got the Chev unstuck when the Dodge showed up,
G# A#7
but the Dodge got stuck in the tractor rut
A#7 D#
which eventually pulled out the Ford
Verse 3:
G# C#
Well it was truck after truck we all got stuck
D#
'Cept the big ol' four-by Hutterite truck,
G# C#
We all thought "Lord, are we in luck"
D#
But he wouldn't come anywhere near us. Mighty neighbourly.
G# C# D#
Mighty neighbourly
G# C#
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,
G# C#
We all did our very best to refrain
D#
From shovelin',
G# C#
We put what timber we had underneath the wheels,
D#
And we was all outta sand, but managed to steal,
G# C# D#
Two sacks of the best modern canola seed ya ever did see,
D#
That oughta give us some traction
|G# C# |D# |
Chorus:
G# C#
The Chev got stuck and the Ford got stuck,
D# G#
Got the Chev unstuck when the Dodge showed up,
G# A#7
but the Dodge got stuck in the tractor rut
A#7 D#
which eventually pulled out the Ford
(Epilogue)
Verse 4:
G# C#
We spilled genetically modified canola seed
D#
That was genetically modified for controlling the weeds,
G# C#
And for big old yields of margarine oil,
D#
Raised hell all over that native prairie soil
G# C# D# G#
Agriculture Canada is definitely gonna be lookin' for us