One Piece at a Time Chords by Johnny Cash, Tennessee Three

[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, I left Kentucky back in 49 and [Bb] went to Detroit working on assembly [B] line.
[C] The first year they had me putting wheels on [F] Cadillacs.
_ Every day I'd watch them beauties roll [Bb] by and sometimes I'd hang my head and [C] cry, cause
always wanted me one that was [F] long and black.
_ _ One day I devised myself [B] a plan that [Bb] should be the envy of most [B] any man.
[C] I'd sneak it out of there in the lunchbox in [F] my hand.
_ _ Now getting caught meant getting fired, [Bb] but I figured I'd have it all by the [B] time I [C] retired.
I'd have me a car worth at least a [F] hundred grand.
_ I'd get it one piece at a time [Bb] and it wouldn't cost me a dime.
[C]
You'll know it's me when I come through [F] your town.
I'm gonna ride around in style.
[Bb] I'm gonna drive everybody wild, [C] cause I'll have the only one there [F] is around. _
So the very next day when I punched [Bb] in with my big lunchbox and with the help of my [C] friend,
I left that day with a [G] lunchbox [F] full of gear. _
I've never considered myself a [Bb] thief, but GM wouldn't miss just one little [C] piece, especially
if I strung it out over [F] several years. _
The first day I got me a fuel [Bb] pump and the next day I got me an engine and a [C] trump, then
I got me a transmission and [F] all the chrome. _
The little things I could get in my big [Bb] lunchbox like nuts, bolts, and all four [C] shocks, but
the big stuff we snuck [Em] out my [F] buddy's mobile home. _ _
Now up to now my plan went all [Bb] right till we tried to put it all together one [C] night,
and that's when we noticed that something was [F] definitely wrong. _
The transmission was a 53 [Bb] and the motor turned out to be a 73, [C] and when we tried to put in
the bolts all [F] the holes were gone. _
So we drilled it out so that it would [Bb] fit and with a little bit of help from an adapter
[C] kit we had that engine running just [F] like a song. _
Now the headlights, there was another [Bb] sight, we had two on the left and one on the [C] right,
but when we pulled out the [G] switch all three [F] of them come on. _
The back end looked kind of funny too, [Bb] but we put it together and when we got through,
[C] well that's when we noticed that we [G] only had [F] one tail fin. _
About that time my wife walked [Bb] out and I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts, [C] but
she opened the door and said, honey take me [F] for a spin. _
So we drove uptown just to get the [Bb] tags and I headed to right on down Main [C] Drag.
I could hear everybody [Em] laughing for [F] blocks around, _ _ but up there at the courthouse they
didn't laugh [Bb] cause to type it up it took the whole [C] staff, and when they got through the
title weighed [F] 60 pounds.
I got it one piece at a time [Bb] and it didn't cost me a dime.
[C] You'll know it's me when I [G] come [F] through your town.
I'm gonna ride around in style, [Bb] I'm gonna drive everybody wild, [C] cause I'll have the
only [G] one there [F] is around. _ _
_ _ Uh yeah Red Ryder this is the cottonmouth and the psychobilly Cadillac, come on. _ _ _ _
Oh this is the cottonmouth, the negatory on the cost of this machine there Red Ryder.
You might say I went right up to the factory and picked it up, it's cheaper that way.
_ What model is it?
Well it's 49, 50, 51, [Bb] 52, 53, 54, 55, [C] 56, 57, 58, 59 [Em] [F] automobile.
_ It's a 60, 61, 62, [Bb] 63, 64, 65, 66, [C] 67, 68, 74 automobile. _ _ _ _