Chords for Earl's Dead - Cadillac for Sale

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[E] Pearl's dead, [B] _ [E] Cadillac for sale,
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The elder [E] otter sits out on the Tamiami trail,
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The [E] sign on the [B] windshield tells [C#m] the whole tale,
_ _ _ [C#] _ [A] _ _ [E] Pearl's dead, [D] _ _ [E] Cadillac for sale, _
_ _ _ He [B] was a circus man when they first met,
He [A] was fired from a cannon [E] into a net,
[B] Yeah, the money was good, he always hit the bull's-eye,
[E] Saving for the car [A] _ one day he [E] would buy,
_ _ _ _ [B] No, he wasn't thinking of some average ride,
[A] A human cannonball [E] has a lot to cry,
[B] If you're gonna live large, you need a hydromatic,
[E] Elder otter be your rest [Am] for this wild [B] _ _
acrobatic,
_ _ _ [A] And Earl [E] lived rich [B] with shark [E]-like fins,
[A] And that's [E] where this little love tale begins,
[A] The [E] rearview mirror [B] puts it all [C#m] in stain, _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] Pearl's dead, [D] _
_ _ [E] Cadillac for sale, _ _ _
_ She [B] was that Everglades girl, partly Seminole,
[A] With an urge for gold [E] and a wandering soul,
[B] With a name like Moonvine she knew she'd never stay,
[E] That handsome human [A] bullet _ stole her [E] heart away, _ _ _
_ It [B] was a Saturday night after the midnight show,
She [A] was staring at her car [E] when he said,
Hello, [B] didn't take too much to move her off the reservation,
[A] Just a good-looking boy [Am]
with the right [B] _ transportation, _ _
_ And [A] now Earl [E] is wet, [B]
Moonvine's [E] got a veil,
[A] They're towing [E] that cannon [B] down the Camion [E] Trail,
[A] He's [E] got the talent, [B]
she's [C#m] got brains, _ _ _ _
_ [A] Earl and [E] Moonvine [D] _ left the land of [E] sugarcane, _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] So they drove down to Panama and back up to Maine,
[E] Had so much fun, hell, they did it again,
[C#m] Crossing cities off the map as they shot down the road,
[D] Knowing towing a cannon _ things [B] could explode, _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] Now a Cadillac was always an Elvis thing,
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Polished chrome and gold, it was the birth of bling,
[C#m] They came with personality, they made you a star,
[D] God may have made the earth, but man made [B] that car,
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_ _ [B] Now all the way back to the time of James Dean,
[A] Car crash songs [E] chewed up heroes and machines,
[B] Sick minds stopped signs and uncontrolled swerves,
[A] But Earl and his Caddy _ could handle [E] killer curves, _ _ _
_ So [B] when the big top folded, Earl took his last drive,
[A] Moonvine kissed her boy goodbye, [E] his exit had arrived,
She [B] shot his ashes, caused the gulf from that ancient rusty gun,
But [A] _ nomads know [Am]
when the show [B] is done, _ _
_ _ _ [A] And [E] Earl's dead, [B] he's [E] been airmailed,
And that El Dorado's waiting [B] on the Tamiami [E] Trail,
For [A] some shameless [E] entertainer [B] to blow it [C#m] like a gale, _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [E] Earl's [D] dead. _ _
Cadillac, [E] Cadillac, _ [Bm] _ Cadillac, _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ Cadillac, Cadillac,
_ _ [E] For sale. _
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_ Earl's dead, _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] Earl's dead,
_ Ooh,
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ All _ [E] _ day. _ _ _ _
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