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Intro:
D
Verse:
G
I woke up like this
Bm A D
Like a little bug returning to its chrysalis
G
Beginning of a different life
Bm A D
Nothing much to carry but the rolling nights
Chorus:
D Em F#m G
I'm a tractor on the motorway
G A Bm A/C#
I'll be there tomorrow if not today
D Em F#m G
And there's loads of life in my body's way
A D
But I'll get there
Verse:
G
I stood up like this
Bm A D
For a moment I forgot what living is
G
I saved a video
Bm A D
The only one of you that I didn't know
Chorus:
D Em F#m G
I'm a tractor on the motorway
G A Bm A/C#
I'll be there tomorrow if not today
D Em F#m G
And there's loads of life in my body's way
A D
But I'll get there
D Em F#m G
I'm a little snail on a train
G A Bm A/C#
A moving body's a moving pain
D Em F#m G
And none of this has a given name
A D
But I'll get there
Bridge:
Bm A G D
Funny what becomes awakened when we have whole lives to ponder
Bm A G D
Like your favourite sayings written on your kitchen wall
Bm
Like when meals become just meals then something is dying
A
Drink makes you feel the way you ought to feel without it
G D
The ship in the harbour is safe but that's not what a ship is for
Bm A
All of these words are written in me
G D
I will wear them all
Chorus:
D Em F#m G
I'm a tractor on the motorway
G A Bm A/C#
I'll be there tomorrow if not today
D Em F#m G
And there's loads of life in my body's way
A D
But I'll get there
D Em F#m G
I'm a little snail on a train
G A Bm A/C#
A moving body's a moving pain
D Em F#m G
And none of this has a given name
A D
But I'll get there
Outro:
D Em F#m G
I'm a tractor on the motorway
G A Bm A/C#
I'll be there tomorrow if not today
D Em F#m G
And there's loads of life in my body's way
A D
But I'll get there
Song History
Published: November 27, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025