One Piece At A Time Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Wel[G]l,[A][D]
I left Kentucky back in 49
and I went [G]to Detroit
working on assembly lines
an[A]d the first year they had me
putting wheels on [D]Cadillacs
and every day I'd watch them
beauties roll by
and some[G]times I'd just hang
my head and cry
because [A]I always wanted me one that was long
and [D]black well one day i devised myself a plan
that [G]should be the envy of
most any man
because i [A]sneak it out of there
in a lunchbox in [D]my hand
and now of course getting caught
meant getting fired
but i [G]figured i'd have it all
by the time i re[A]tired
and i'd [Am]have me a [A]car
worth at least a hundred [D]grand
i'd get it one piece at a time
it would [G]cost me a dime
you [A]know it's me
when I came through your [D]town
I'm gonna ride around in style
I'm gonna [G]drive everybody wild
because [A]I'll have the only
one there is [D]around
So the very next day
when I punched in
with my big lunch [G]box
and with help from my friends
I left [A]that day with a lunch
box full of [D]gears
I've never considered myself a thief
but [G]GM wouldn't miss
just one little piece
and es[A]pecially if I strung
it out over several [D]years.
Well, the first day I got me a fuel pump,
and the [G]next day I got me an
engine in the trunk,
and [A]then I got me a transmission
and all [D]that chrome.
And the little things I could get in
the big lunch box,
[G]like nuts and bolts and all
the four shocks,
[A]but the big stuff I snuck out
in my buddy's [D]mobile home.
Now, up to now, my plan went all right
until [G]we tried to put it all together one night,
and that's [A]when we noticed
that something was
definitely they [D]were on.
You see the transmission was a 1953
and [G]the motor turned out to be a 73
and when we [A]tried to put in the bolts
all the holes [D]were gone.
So we drilled it out and that wouldn't fit
[G]an d then we took a little bit of this
a little bit of that [A]made an adapter kit
and when the engine [D]running
just like an old song.
Of course [G]the headlights
they were another side
and we had [A]two on the
left and one on the right
and when we pulled [D]out
the switch all three came on
and the back end looked kind of funny too
but [G]we put it together
when we got through
well that's when [A]we noticed
that we only had one tail fin
[D]and about that time
my buddy's wife came out
[G]and I could see she had her doubts
and she said [A]hey
David Allen [D]take me for a spin
so we drove uptown just to get the tags
and I [G]headed her right down
to the main drag
because I could [A]hear everybody laughing
for blocks [D]around.
But up there at the courthouse
they weren't laughing, buddy,
because [G]they had to type it up
and it took their whole staff
[A]and when they got through the title
weighed about [D]60 pounds.
I got in one piece at a time
and it [G]didn't cost me a dime
and you [A]don't know it's me
when I come through your [D]town.
I'm gonna ride around in style,
I'm gonna drive [G]everybody wild,
Cause [A]I'll have the only
one there is [D]around
Yeah, hey, uh, Big Man Cash,
this is old
Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy here
Yeah, I've got that psychedelic Cadillac
that you had made a few years ago
Yeah, you remember that one,
picked it up one piece at a time
What's that?
Oh yeah, I know I had trouble
getting it retitled
in Tennessee here too
They asked me what year it was,
I said, well, it's a 49, 59, 51, 52, [G]53,
54, 55, 57, [A]58, 59 [D]automobile.
It's a 60, 61, 62, 63, [G]64, 65, 66,
I don't [A]know, buddy,
but I know it's a Cadillac.
[D]What?
Well, just give me the title, man.
I bought it from Johnny Cash,
I'm telling [G]you.
Johnny [A]Cash, C -A -S -H,
you know, the man in [D]black?
That's right, David Allen Coe,
that's my name, yes sir.
[G]Yes, I did sing that song,
the [A]perfect country song.
[D]What? Why didn't I sing,
I Walked the Line?
I did sing, I Walked the [G]Line.
Well, by [A]the Alvin.
[D]Oh.
The car won't start anyway.