drive – by truckers
song : carl perkins cadillac
album : the dirty south
every other tab i have ever found for this song has been in G . they now play it
in F because jason isbell doesn’t play with them anymore so they usually have some
pedal steel playing with them .
intro :
F – ( F ) – Dm – C for the ( F ) , im not sure what you would call the chord but
F – ( F ) – Dm – C cooley just basically plays an open E string and doesnt
barre the top of the F chord but plays the rest of the F
chord , hence the walking down sound . he just plays the
first F in the intro and then lifts his 1st finger up that
was barring the first fret .
F ( F ) Dm
life ain’t nothin’ but a blendin’ up all the ups and downs
A#
damn it , elvis , don’t you know?
C
you made your mama so proud .
F ( F ) Dm
before you ever made that record , before there ever was a sun
A# C
before you ever lost that cadillac , the carl perkins one .
F – ( F ) – Dm – C ( 2x )
F ( F ) Dm
mr . phillips found ol’ johnny cash when he was high
A#
high before he ever took those pills
C
and he’s still too proud to die .
F ( F ) Dm
mr . phillips never said anything behind nobody’s back
A#
like damn it elvis , don’t he know?
C
he ain’t no johnny cash
A# A#/A G F
mr . phillips was the only man that jerry lee still would call sir
Dm C
i just wish mr . phillips did all of y’all , bout as good as you deserved
A# A#/A
he did just what he said he’s gonna do
G F
and the money came in sacks .
Dm C
new contracts and carl perkins’ cadillac
F ( F ) Dm
i got friends in nashville , or at least the folks i know
A# C
nashville’s where you go to see if what he said is so .
F ( F ) Dm
carl drove his brand new cadillac from nashville and he went downtown .
A# C
this time they promised him a grammy , he turned his cadillac around .
A# A#/A G
’cause mr . phillips never blew enough hot air to need a little gold plated
F Dm C
paperweight , he promised him a cadillac , and put the wind in carl’s face .
A# A#/A G F
he did just what he said he’s gonna do and the money came in sacks .
Dm C
new contracts and carl perkins’ cadillac
bridge – F – ( F ) – Dm – C ( 2x )
lead solo – F – ( F ) – Dm – A# – C ( 2x )
F ( F ) Dm
damn it elvis , i swear son , i think it’s time you came around .
A# C
makin’ money you can’t spend ain’t what bein’ dead’s about
F ( F ) Dm
you gave me all but one good reason not to do all of the things you did .
A# C
now cadillacs are fiber glass , if you were me , you’d call it quits .
A# A#/A G F
mr . phillips was the only man that jerry lee still would call sir
Dm C
i just wish mr . phillips did all of y’all , ’bout as as good as you deserved
A# A#/A G F
he did just what he said he’s gonna do and the money came in sacks .
Dm C
new contracts and carl perkins’ cadillac
bridge F – ( F ) – Dm – C ( 2x ) end song on slow strum F chord
tabbed by panic fan . my first tab!
drive – by truckers
song : carl perkins cadillac
album : the dirty south
every other tab i have ever found for this song has been in G . they now play it
in F because jason isbell doesn’t play with them anymore so they usually have some
pedal steel playing with them .
intro :
F – ( F ) – Dm – C for the ( F ) , im not sure what you would call the chord but
F – ( F ) – Dm – C cooley just basically plays an open E string and doesnt
barre the top of the F chord but plays the rest of the F
chord , hence the walking down sound . he just plays the
first F in the intro and then lifts his 1st finger up that
was barring the first fret .
F ( F ) Dm
life ain’t nothin’ but a blendin’ up all the ups and downs
A#
damn it , elvis , don’t you know?
C
you made your mama so proud .
F ( F ) Dm
before you ever made that record , before there ever was a sun
A# C
before you ever lost that cadillac , the carl perkins one .
F – ( F ) – Dm – C ( 2x )
F ( F ) Dm
mr . phillips found ol’ johnny cash when he was high
A#
high before he ever took those pills
C
and he’s still too proud to die .
F ( F ) Dm
mr . phillips never said anything behind nobody’s back
A#
like damn it elvis , don’t he know?
C
he ain’t no johnny cash
A# A#/A G F
mr . phillips was the only man that jerry lee still would call sir
Dm C
i just wish mr . phillips did all of y’all , bout as good as you deserved
A# A#/A
he did just what he said he’s gonna do
G F
and the money came in sacks .
Dm C
new contracts and carl perkins’ cadillac
F ( F ) Dm
i got friends in nashville , or at least the folks i know
A# C
nashville’s where you go to see if what he said is so .
F ( F ) Dm
carl drove his brand new cadillac from nashville and he went downtown .
A# C
this time they promised him a grammy , he turned his cadillac around .
A# A#/A G
’cause mr . phillips never blew enough hot air to need a little gold plated
F Dm C
paperweight , he promised him a cadillac , and put the wind in carl’s face .
A# A#/A G F
he did just what he said he’s gonna do and the money came in sacks .
Dm C
new contracts and carl perkins’ cadillac
bridge – F – ( F ) – Dm – C ( 2x )
lead solo – F – ( F ) – Dm – A# – C ( 2x )
F ( F ) Dm
damn it elvis , i swear son , i think it’s time you came around .
A# C
makin’ money you can’t spend ain’t what bein’ dead’s about
F ( F ) Dm
you gave me all but one good reason not to do all of the things you did .
A# C
now cadillacs are fiber glass , if you were me , you’d call it quits .
A# A#/A G F
mr . phillips was the only man that jerry lee still would call sir
Dm C
i just wish mr . phillips did all of y’all , ’bout as as good as you deserved
A# A#/A G F
he did just what he said he’s gonna do and the money came in sacks .
Dm C
new contracts and carl perkins’ cadillac
bridge F – ( F ) – Dm – C ( 2x ) end song on slow strum F chord
tabbed by panic fan . my first tab!
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