Billy Strings – John Deere Tractor (Guitar)
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
D D/C# G/B A
[Verse 1]
D D/C# Dsus2/C G Em Hey, momma, here’s a letter from your son G D Well, I guess, my city days are done. C G D And it ain’t been three weeks since you came, D D/C# Dsus2/C G Em Hey, momma, I do remember what you said, G D Say your prayers before you go to bed, son, C G D And remember city women ain’t the same,
[Chorus]
C G I’m like a John Deere tractor in a half acre field, B7 E E7 Trying to plow a furrow where the soil is made of steel, A D A D Oh, I wish I was home, Lord, Where the blue grasses grow, A E A A7 And the sweet country girls don’t complain.
[Instrumental]
D D/C# G/B A
[Verse 2]
D D/C# Dsus2/C G Em Hey Momma, so much perfume I thought I’d drown, G D And the Lord didn’t seem to be nowhere around, C G D Oh I feel like a flower on the vine C Aw, she was pretty Lord knows G D Thought that she would bring me joy C G D She laughed and she called me country boy, boy C G D and after she had been so kind
[Chorus]
C G I’m like a John Deere tractor in a half acre field, B7 E E7 Trying to plow a furrow where the soil is made of steel, A D A D Oh, I wish I was home, ma, where the blue grasses grow, A E A A7 And the fire light shimmers and shines.
[Outro]
D D/C# G/B A
D D/C# G/B A
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[Intro run you can use if you wish] e|------------2---------| B|------------3---------| G|------------2---------| D|----------------------| A|--3-2-0---0-----------| E|--------3-------------|
[You can use these runs if you wish after “son” line 7, after “said” line 13, and after “drown” line 34]
[Note, these are two different runs and only one should be used at a time]
Run A e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| D|----------------------| A|----------------------| E|--2-3--2-3--1-0-------| Run B e|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------| G|--------------0-------------------| D|---------0-2----------------------| A|-----0-2--------------------------| E|--3--------------2-3-2--1-0-------|
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