Chords for Johnny Cash - One Piece at a Time (Live In Las Vegas, 1979)
Tempo:
101.25 bpm
Chords used:
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Ab
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[Ab] You know, I [A] didn't ever do this, but see, I lived on [B] a cotton farm when I was growing up in Arkansas.
and plowed and chopped it.
I don't care how tall the cotton gets or how good the picking is, I ain't gonna pick no more.
So I hitchhiked up north to the car factories and I got a job working.
made them.
[A] went to Detroit working on assembly line.
[E] Cadillacs.
[A] and sometimes I'd hang my head and cry.
and plowed and chopped it.
I don't care how tall the cotton gets or how good the picking is, I ain't gonna pick no more.
So I hitchhiked up north to the car factories and I got a job working.
made them.
[A] went to Detroit working on assembly line.
[E] Cadillacs.
[A] and sometimes I'd hang my head and cry.
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_ _ [Ab] You know, I [A] didn't ever do this, but see, I lived on [B] a cotton farm when I was growing up in Arkansas.
[E] I picked the cotton all my life and plowed and chopped it.
And when I graduated from high school, I told my daddy, I said,
I don't care how tall the cotton gets or how good the picking is, I ain't gonna pick no more.
_ So I hitchhiked up north to the car factories and I got a job working.
You've seen those 51 Pontiacs in the junk pile?
I made them.
_ _ I left Kentucky back in 49, [A] went to Detroit working on assembly line.
[B] The first year they had me putting wheels on [E] Cadillacs.
_ Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by [A] and sometimes I'd hang my head and cry.
[B] Always wanted me one that was [E] long and black.
Well, one day I devised myself a plan that [A] should be the envy of most any man.
[B] I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my [E] hand.
_ Now getting caught meant getting fired, but [A] I figured I'd have it all by the time I [B] retired.
Help me a car worth at least a hundred [E] grand.
_ I'd get it one piece at a time [A] and it wouldn't cost me a dime.
[B] You'll know it's me when I come to [E] your town.
_ _ Gonna ride around in style, [A] gonna drive everybody wild.
[B] Cause I'll have me only one there [E] is around.
_ Well, the very next day when I checked in [A] with my big lunchbox and half of my friends,
[B] I left that day with a lunchbox [E] full of gear.
_ I never considered myself a thief, but, [A] gee, I wouldn't miss just one little piece.
[B] Especially if I strung it out over [E] several years.
_ _ The first day I got me a fuel pump, the [A] next day I got me an engine and a trunk.
[B] Got me a transmission and all [E] the chrome.
_ _ Little things I could get in a big lunchbox [A] like nuts and bolts and all the full shocks.
[B] The big stuff I snuck out in my buddy's [E] mobile home.
_ _ Well, up to now my plan went alright [A] until we tried to put it all together one night.
[B] And that's when I noticed that something was [E] definitely wrong.
_ The transmission was a 53 [A] and the motor turned out to be a 73.
[B] When we tried to put in the bolts, all the [E] holes were gone.
So we drilled it out so that it would [A] fit and with a little bit of help from an aid advocate,
[B] had that engine running just [E] like a song.
_ The headlights was another [A] sight.
We had two on the left and one on the right.
[B] But when we pulled out the switch, all [E] three of them come on.
_ The back end looked kind of funny [A] too, but we put it together and when we got [B] through,
that's when I noticed that we only had one tail fin.
[E] _ About that time my wife [A] walked out and I could see in her eyes that she had a [B] doubt.
But she opened the door and said, honey, take me for a spin.
_ [E] _ So I spun her. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] Oh, come on baby.
You don't think it'll run, do you?
I'll show you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So we went uptown just to get the tags and I headed right on down main [B] track.
You could hear everybody laughing for [E] blocks around.
But up there at the courthouse, they didn't laugh [A] because to type it up, it took the whole staff.
[B] And when they got through, the title weighed [E] 60 pounds.
I got it one piece at a time [A] and it didn't cost me a dime.
[B] You'll know it's me when I come [E] to your town.
_ Gonna ride around in style, gonna [A] drive everybody wild.
Cause [B] I'll have me only one there is [E] around. _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, Red Ryder, this is the cotton mouth on the Psycho Billy Cadillac.
Come on.
Huh? _ _ _
_ Negatory on the cost of this machine there, Red Ryder.
You might say I just, _ well, I went up to the factory to pick it up.
It's cheaper that way. _ _ _ _ _
What, my list?
Well, it's been sitting here in the weeds and grass all these years.
_ The highway patrol asked me that and the license and the title says that it's a 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, [A] 54, 55, 56, [B] 57, 58, 59 [E] automobile.
_ _ It's a 60, 61, 62, 63, [A] 64, 65, 66, [B] 67, 68. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] I picked the cotton all my life and plowed and chopped it.
And when I graduated from high school, I told my daddy, I said,
I don't care how tall the cotton gets or how good the picking is, I ain't gonna pick no more.
_ So I hitchhiked up north to the car factories and I got a job working.
You've seen those 51 Pontiacs in the junk pile?
I made them.
_ _ I left Kentucky back in 49, [A] went to Detroit working on assembly line.
[B] The first year they had me putting wheels on [E] Cadillacs.
_ Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by [A] and sometimes I'd hang my head and cry.
[B] Always wanted me one that was [E] long and black.
Well, one day I devised myself a plan that [A] should be the envy of most any man.
[B] I'd sneak it out of there in a lunchbox in my [E] hand.
_ Now getting caught meant getting fired, but [A] I figured I'd have it all by the time I [B] retired.
Help me a car worth at least a hundred [E] grand.
_ I'd get it one piece at a time [A] and it wouldn't cost me a dime.
[B] You'll know it's me when I come to [E] your town.
_ _ Gonna ride around in style, [A] gonna drive everybody wild.
[B] Cause I'll have me only one there [E] is around.
_ Well, the very next day when I checked in [A] with my big lunchbox and half of my friends,
[B] I left that day with a lunchbox [E] full of gear.
_ I never considered myself a thief, but, [A] gee, I wouldn't miss just one little piece.
[B] Especially if I strung it out over [E] several years.
_ _ The first day I got me a fuel pump, the [A] next day I got me an engine and a trunk.
[B] Got me a transmission and all [E] the chrome.
_ _ Little things I could get in a big lunchbox [A] like nuts and bolts and all the full shocks.
[B] The big stuff I snuck out in my buddy's [E] mobile home.
_ _ Well, up to now my plan went alright [A] until we tried to put it all together one night.
[B] And that's when I noticed that something was [E] definitely wrong.
_ The transmission was a 53 [A] and the motor turned out to be a 73.
[B] When we tried to put in the bolts, all the [E] holes were gone.
So we drilled it out so that it would [A] fit and with a little bit of help from an aid advocate,
[B] had that engine running just [E] like a song.
_ The headlights was another [A] sight.
We had two on the left and one on the right.
[B] But when we pulled out the switch, all [E] three of them come on.
_ The back end looked kind of funny [A] too, but we put it together and when we got [B] through,
that's when I noticed that we only had one tail fin.
[E] _ About that time my wife [A] walked out and I could see in her eyes that she had a [B] doubt.
But she opened the door and said, honey, take me for a spin.
_ [E] _ So I spun her. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] Oh, come on baby.
You don't think it'll run, do you?
I'll show you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So we went uptown just to get the tags and I headed right on down main [B] track.
You could hear everybody laughing for [E] blocks around.
But up there at the courthouse, they didn't laugh [A] because to type it up, it took the whole staff.
[B] And when they got through, the title weighed [E] 60 pounds.
I got it one piece at a time [A] and it didn't cost me a dime.
[B] You'll know it's me when I come [E] to your town.
_ Gonna ride around in style, gonna [A] drive everybody wild.
Cause [B] I'll have me only one there is [E] around. _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, Red Ryder, this is the cotton mouth on the Psycho Billy Cadillac.
Come on.
Huh? _ _ _
_ Negatory on the cost of this machine there, Red Ryder.
You might say I just, _ well, I went up to the factory to pick it up.
It's cheaper that way. _ _ _ _ _
What, my list?
Well, it's been sitting here in the weeds and grass all these years.
_ The highway patrol asked me that and the license and the title says that it's a 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, [A] 54, 55, 56, [B] 57, 58, 59 [E] automobile.
_ _ It's a 60, 61, 62, 63, [A] 64, 65, 66, [B] 67, 68. _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
