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