Carl Perkins' Cadillac Chords & Lyrics by Drive-By Truckers
Carl Perkins' Cadillac
guitar chords lyrics
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
Bb
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
Bb 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
Bb
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
Bb
like damn it Elvis, don't he know?
C
He ain't no Johnny Cash
Bb Bb/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
Bb Bb/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
Bb 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.
Bb C
This time they promised him a Grammy, he turned his Cadillac around.
Bb Bb/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.
Bb Bb/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-Bb-C (2x)
F (F) Dm
Damn it Elvis, I swear son, I think it's time you came around.
Bb 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.
Bb C
Now Cadillacs are fiber glass, if you were me, you'd call it quits.
Bb Bb/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
Bb Bb/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!
