Title: The Elvis Thing Artist: The Tractors Written By: Ripley, Burton, Moore, Fontana Album: Farmers In A Changing World Transcription Note: They do it in F. I do it in E. Use a capo or transpose. Chorded by: sixstring@centuryinter.net [E] In nineteen fifty-six, the United States of America Dropped a hi-fi needle on rock and [B7] roll And coast to [E] coast, we started shakin' all [A] over [E] One nation, under [B7] God and out of con[E]trol Chorus: It's The Elvis [A] Thing It cuts right [E] through you It tangles you up inside, turns your world upside [B7] down Like a mystery [A] train, screamin' through the [E] night There ain't nothin' been the same since The [B7] Elvis Thing been a[E]round I grew up drivin' a tractor and playin' electric guitar It's a strange road full of detours and twists and [B7] turns And when I ask my[E]self why I do what I [A] do The [E] answer is simple; there's a [B7] reason my earthyly heart [E] burns Chorus Come on, love me [A] tender Come on, come on, love me [E] true Just like The Elvis Thing got a hold on me... I [F#]wanna get a hold of [B7] you [A] [E] [B7] [E] When they write the history books and try to explain The second half of the twentieth centu[B7]ry They'll talk about puttin' a man on the [E] moon... They'll talk about Viet[A]nam... They'll talk about [E] Martin Luther King and [B7] John F. Kennedy...... (But you know what they'll really be talkin' about) Chorus Like a mystery [A] train, screamin' through the [E] night There ain't nothin' been the same since The [B7]Elvis Thing been a[A]round [E] keep it in tune, sixstring@centuryinter.net http://www.centuryinter.net/sixstring