Chords for Statler Brothers.... "We Got Paid by CASH" - 1980.wmv
Tempo:
97.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
D
A#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
It started March of 64 [A] many [E] years ago
We were hired by Johnny Cash to open up [B] this show
[E] For boys worn out Cadillac [A] with a roadmap on [E] the dash
For the next eight and one half [B] years we got paid [E] by cash
[C]
[F] He took us down to Nashville to [A#] Columbia [F] studio
Not knowing where we came from they told us where [C] to go
[F] But Johnny said I like
[A#] Don't you give them [F] no trash?
You see we were Johnny's little boys [C] and we got paid [F] by cash
[A#] We were there [C] when June came [F] Johnny's [Dm] loving bride
[A#] We sang to him [F] that morning [G] our buddy Luther [C] died
[A#] We were there [C] when the sun was born [F] that filled him both [Dm] with pride
[A#] And we were there [F] when John [C] remembered God was on [F] his side
[C#]
[F#] We watched him on the concert stage [B] watched him write [F#] his song
And saw the things we had to do and the things that could [C#] go wrong
And if we had to start again, [B] we'd do it in [F#] a flash
Cause we learned more than we earned [C#] we got paid [F#] by cash
[D]
[G] Then came the time when our career [C] demanded that we [G] go
And through some tears we all shook hands that last and [D] final stroke
[G] All those years we never had [C] a contract or [G] a class
Whatever we may be today [D] we owe it all [G] to cash
[C] We were there [D] when June came [G] Johnny's [Em] loving bride
[C] We sang to him [G] that morning [A] our buddy [D] Luther died
[C] We were there [D] when the sun was born [G] that filled him both [Em] with pride
[C] And we were there [G] when John [D] remembered God was [G] on his side
Now John will tell you there were years
When [C] times were good and [G] bad
But we can tell you they were some of the best we [Dm] ever had
[D] [C#] Carl Perkins [G] and the Carters and [C] the Tennessee [G]
Three
We were one big happy family
[Fm] And would have done [G] it all for free
[D]
[G]
We were hired by Johnny Cash to open up [B] this show
[E] For boys worn out Cadillac [A] with a roadmap on [E] the dash
For the next eight and one half [B] years we got paid [E] by cash
[C]
[F] He took us down to Nashville to [A#] Columbia [F] studio
Not knowing where we came from they told us where [C] to go
[F] But Johnny said I like
[A#] Don't you give them [F] no trash?
You see we were Johnny's little boys [C] and we got paid [F] by cash
[A#] We were there [C] when June came [F] Johnny's [Dm] loving bride
[A#] We sang to him [F] that morning [G] our buddy Luther [C] died
[A#] We were there [C] when the sun was born [F] that filled him both [Dm] with pride
[A#] And we were there [F] when John [C] remembered God was on [F] his side
[C#]
[F#] We watched him on the concert stage [B] watched him write [F#] his song
And saw the things we had to do and the things that could [C#] go wrong
And if we had to start again, [B] we'd do it in [F#] a flash
Cause we learned more than we earned [C#] we got paid [F#] by cash
[D]
[G] Then came the time when our career [C] demanded that we [G] go
And through some tears we all shook hands that last and [D] final stroke
[G] All those years we never had [C] a contract or [G] a class
Whatever we may be today [D] we owe it all [G] to cash
[C] We were there [D] when June came [G] Johnny's [Em] loving bride
[C] We sang to him [G] that morning [A] our buddy [D] Luther died
[C] We were there [D] when the sun was born [G] that filled him both [Em] with pride
[C] And we were there [G] when John [D] remembered God was [G] on his side
Now John will tell you there were years
When [C] times were good and [G] bad
But we can tell you they were some of the best we [Dm] ever had
[D] [C#] Carl Perkins [G] and the Carters and [C] the Tennessee [G]
Three
We were one big happy family
[Fm] And would have done [G] it all for free
[D]
[G]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _
It started March of 64 [A] many [E] years ago
_ We were hired by Johnny Cash to open up [B] this show
_ [E] For boys worn out Cadillac [A] with a roadmap on [E] the dash
_ _ For the next eight and one half [B] years we got paid [E] by cash
_ [C] _
[F] He took us down to Nashville to [A#] Columbia [F] studio _
_ Not knowing where we came from they told us where [C] to go
_ _ [F] But Johnny said I like
[A#] Don't you give them [F] no trash?
_ You see we were Johnny's little boys [C] and we got paid [F] by cash _ _
[A#] We were there [C] when June came [F] Johnny's [Dm] loving bride _
_ [A#] We sang to him [F] that morning [G] our buddy Luther [C] died
_ _ [A#] We were there [C] when the sun was born [F] that filled him both [Dm] with pride
_ _ [A#] And we were there [F] when John [C] remembered God was on [F] his side
[C#] _
[F#] We watched him on the concert stage [B] watched him write [F#] his song
_ And saw the things we had to do and the things that could [C#] go wrong
_ _ And if we had to start again, [B] we'd do it in [F#] a flash
_ _ Cause we learned more than we earned [C#] we got paid [F#] by cash
_ [D] _
[G] Then came the time when our career [C] demanded that we [G] go
_ And through some tears we all shook hands that last and [D] final stroke
_ [G] All those years we never had [C] a contract or [G] a class
_ Whatever we may be today [D] we owe it all [G] to cash _ _
[C] We were there [D] when June came [G] Johnny's [Em] loving bride _
_ [C] We sang to him [G] that morning [A] our buddy [D] Luther died
_ _ [C] We were there [D] when the sun was born [G] that filled him both [Em] with pride
_ [C] And we were there [G] when John [D] remembered God was [G] on his side _ _
_ Now John will tell you there were years
When [C] times were good and [G] bad _
_ But we can tell you they were some of the best we [Dm] ever had _
[D] _ _ _ [C#] Carl Perkins [G] and the Carters and [C] the _ _ Tennessee [G]
Three
_ _ We were one big happy family
_ _ [Fm] And would have done [G] it all for free
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It started March of 64 [A] many [E] years ago
_ We were hired by Johnny Cash to open up [B] this show
_ [E] For boys worn out Cadillac [A] with a roadmap on [E] the dash
_ _ For the next eight and one half [B] years we got paid [E] by cash
_ [C] _
[F] He took us down to Nashville to [A#] Columbia [F] studio _
_ Not knowing where we came from they told us where [C] to go
_ _ [F] But Johnny said I like
[A#] Don't you give them [F] no trash?
_ You see we were Johnny's little boys [C] and we got paid [F] by cash _ _
[A#] We were there [C] when June came [F] Johnny's [Dm] loving bride _
_ [A#] We sang to him [F] that morning [G] our buddy Luther [C] died
_ _ [A#] We were there [C] when the sun was born [F] that filled him both [Dm] with pride
_ _ [A#] And we were there [F] when John [C] remembered God was on [F] his side
[C#] _
[F#] We watched him on the concert stage [B] watched him write [F#] his song
_ And saw the things we had to do and the things that could [C#] go wrong
_ _ And if we had to start again, [B] we'd do it in [F#] a flash
_ _ Cause we learned more than we earned [C#] we got paid [F#] by cash
_ [D] _
[G] Then came the time when our career [C] demanded that we [G] go
_ And through some tears we all shook hands that last and [D] final stroke
_ [G] All those years we never had [C] a contract or [G] a class
_ Whatever we may be today [D] we owe it all [G] to cash _ _
[C] We were there [D] when June came [G] Johnny's [Em] loving bride _
_ [C] We sang to him [G] that morning [A] our buddy [D] Luther died
_ _ [C] We were there [D] when the sun was born [G] that filled him both [Em] with pride
_ [C] And we were there [G] when John [D] remembered God was [G] on his side _ _
_ Now John will tell you there were years
When [C] times were good and [G] bad _
_ But we can tell you they were some of the best we [Dm] ever had _
[D] _ _ _ [C#] Carl Perkins [G] and the Carters and [C] the _ _ Tennessee [G]
Three
_ _ We were one big happy family
_ _ [Fm] And would have done [G] it all for free
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _