Chords for Carl Perkins Cadillac (Drive By Truckers)

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_ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ [F] Life ain't nothing but a blendin' [Dm] of all the ups and downs.
Damn it, Elvis, don't you [Bb] know?
You made your [C] mama so proud.
_ Before you ever made that record, before there ever [Dm] was a son,
_ before you ever [Bb] lost that Cadillac.
[F] Carl [C] Perkins won.
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] Mr.
[C] Phillips found old Johnny [Am] Cash when he was high,
high [Bb] before he ever took those pills.
And he's [C] still too proud to die.
_ _ [F] Mr.
Phillips never said anything [Am] behind nobody's back.
Like, damn it, [Bb] Elvis, don't you know?
[F] He ain't [C] no Johnny Cash.
_ [F] Mr.
Phillips was the only man that [G] Jerry Lee still would [F] call son.
I [Dm] guess Mr.
Phillips did all y'all, [C] about as good as you deserve.
[Bb] He did just what [F] he said he's gonna do, [G] and the money came [F] in stacks.
You [Dm] can't try [C] Carl [F] Perkins Cadillac.
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[F] I got friends in Nashville, or at [Dm] least the folks [Am] I know. _
[Bb] Nashville's where you go [F] to see if what [C] is said is so. _
Carl drove his brand-new Cadillac to Nashville and he [Dm] went downtown.
This time they promised [Bb] him a Grammy.
He turned his [C] Cadillac around. _
[F] Mr.
Phillips never blew enough hot air for [G] me.
He gave a little dope-weighted [F] paperweight.
They promised [Dm] him a Cadillac and put the wind in [C] Carl's face. _
[F] He did just what he said he's gonna do, [G] and the money came [F] in stacks.
You [Dm] can't try _ [C] Carl [F] Perkins Cadillac.
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[C] _ _ _ _ Damn a hell of a [F] sight, I swear, son, I think it's time you [Dm] came around.
_ Making money [Bb] you can't spend ain't what being [C] dead's about.
_ _ Gave me all but one good reason not to do all of the [Dm] things you did.
Like [Bb] Cadillacs and fiberglass, if you were me you'd [C] call it quits.
_ _ [Bb] Mr.
Phillips was [F] the only man that [G] Jerry Lee still would [F] call sir.
[Dm] I guess Mr.
Phillips did all y'all [C] about as good as you deserve.
[Bb] He did just [F] what he said he's gonna [G] do, and the money [F] came in stacks.
You [Dm] can't try [C] Carl [F] Perkins [C] Cadillac.
[Dm] Carl _ [C] _
[F] Perkins Cadillac.
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