Chords for The Tractors - Tryin' To Get To New Orleans

Tempo:
129.8 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

Gm

C

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Tractors - Tryin' To Get To New Orleans chords
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I will sing the song.
When it comes to the smutty part, then you stop me.
Alright?
[G]
My daddy said, son, put your guitar down.
We gotta build some fence, gotta plow some ground.
I told my daddy, try and understand.
This John Deere tractor don't fit my [D] plan.
I'm standing in a hempen road, chasing [G] down a dream.
[D] And I need a little help just trying to get to New [G] Orleans.
[Gm] [G] Side tracked up in Illinois.
I'm not that smart, I'm an innocent boy.
She called me baby, she called me honey.
She called a [C] cab and took away my [D] money on the road again.
Somewhere south [G] of Moline.
[Gm] [D] And I need a little help just trying to get to New [Gm] Orleans.
[G] [C] Don't [Am] know why, [C] gotta go.
[F] I don't try, I'll never know.
[C] I need to pay and [G] cage a queen.
And I need a little help just trying to get to New Orleans.
New Orleans, New Orleans.
[D] Put a drip in a bag, baby, I don't [G] care.
New Orleans, New [D]
Orleans.
[G]
[C] Don't know why, [G] gotta [F] go.
I don't try, I'll never know.
[C] I need to [G] pay and cage a queen.
And I need a little help just trying to get to New Orleans.
[Gm] [G] I hawked my watch by the Burger and Fries.
Tried to pretend it was red beans and fries.
Midnight in Memphis, hello to Graceland.
Next stop, Louisiana, where [D] the malls are full.
Chasing [G] down a dream.
[Gm] [D] I need a little help just trying to get to New [G] Orleans.
Yeah, [D] I need a little help just trying to get to New [G] Orleans.
Yeah, [D] I'm just an old poor boy chasing [G] down a dream.
I [D] need a little help just trying to get to New [G] Orleans.
New Orleans, [Dm] [D]
[G] New Orleans.
[D]
[G]
[D]
[G] [Gm]
[G] [D]
[G] Oh, I need [D] a little help just trying to get to [G] New Orleans.
[D] Oh, I need a little help just trying to get to [G] New Orleans.
I need a little help just trying [A#]
[G] to get to New Orleans.
I want to get people interested in what it is we're allowing our [N] elected people to do and get away [Bm] with.
Fairy [F#m] tales can't come true.
It can happen to you.
[B] [Em] [N]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
Gm
123111113
C
3211
F
134211111
G
2131
D
1321
Gm
123111113
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To learn The Tractors - Tryin To Get To New Orleans chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Gm, G, D and G. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 64 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 130. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of G Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I will sing the song.
When it comes to the smutty part, then you stop me.
Alright?
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ My _ _ _ _ _ _ daddy said, son, put your guitar down.
We gotta build some fence, gotta plow some ground.
I told my daddy, try and understand.
This John Deere tractor don't fit my [D] plan.
I'm standing in a hempen road, _ chasing [G] down a dream.
_ _ _ _ [D] And I need a little help just trying to get to New [G] Orleans. _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ Side tracked up in Illinois.
_ I'm not that smart, I'm an innocent boy.
She called me baby, she called me honey.
She called a [C] cab and took away my [D] money on the road again.
_ Somewhere south [G] of Moline.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] And I need a little help just trying to get to New [Gm] Orleans. _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ Don't [Am] know why, [C] gotta go.
[F] _ I don't try, _ I'll never know.
[C] _ I need to pay and [G] cage a queen.
_ _ _ And I need a little help just trying to get to New Orleans. _ _
_ New Orleans, New Orleans. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Put a drip in a bag, baby, I don't [G] care.
New Orleans, _ New _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ Orleans.
[G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ Don't know why, [G] gotta [F] go.
_ I don't try, _ I'll never know.
[C] _ I need to [G] pay and cage a queen.
_ _ _ And I need a little help just trying to get to New Orleans. _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] I hawked my watch by the Burger and Fries.
Tried to pretend it was red beans and fries.
Midnight in Memphis, hello to Graceland.
Next stop, Louisiana, where [D] the malls are full.
_ Chasing [G] down a dream.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [D] I need a little help just trying to get to New [G] Orleans. _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, [D] I need a little help just trying to get to New [G] Orleans. _ _
_ _ _ Yeah, [D] I'm just an old poor boy chasing [G] down a dream.
_ _ _ I [D] need a little help just trying to get to New [G] Orleans.
New Orleans, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ New _ _ Orleans.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] Oh, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I need [D] a little help just _ trying to get to [G] New Orleans. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Oh, I need a little help just trying to get to [G] New Orleans.
I need a _ _ _ _ little _ _ _ help just trying [A#] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ get to New Orleans.
_ _ _ I want to get people interested in what it is we're allowing our [N] elected people to do and get away [Bm] with.
_ Fairy [F#m] tales can't come true.
It can happen to you.
[B] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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