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Drive-by Truckers - Carl Perkins Cadillac chords
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Carl Perkin’s Cadillac - Drive-by Truckers Tuned down one whole step using a G progression. That’s how the band plays it live. Yes, the key is in F but the chord shapes are based on G. Basically walking down from G to Em in the verse, then C to Am in the bridge. Please note chord shapes tabbed here: Chords:Gmaj(320033) Gsus2(200033) Em7(022033) Cadd9(X32033) Gmaj 2((X20033) A7sus4(X02033) INTRO: Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 D Dsus4 D (2X) Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 Life ain't nothin' but a blendin' up all the ups and downs Cadd9 D Dsus4 D Damn it, Elvis, don't you know? You made your mama so proud Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 Before you ever made that record... before there ever was a Sun Cadd9 D Dsus4 D Before you ever lost that Cadillac... the Carl Perkins one Instrumental: Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 D Dsus4 D (2X) Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 Mr. Phillips found ol' Johnny Cash when he was high... Cadd9 D Dsus4 D high before he ever took those pills... and he's still too proud to die Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 Mr. Phillips never said anything behind nobody's back... Cadd9 D like, “Damn it Elvis, don't he know?... He ain't no Johnny Cash” BRIDGE 1 Cadd9 Gmaj 2(X20033) A7sus4 Gmaj If Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call “Sir” Gsus2 Em7 D I just wish Mr. Phillips did of y'all, ‘bout as good as you deserved Cadd9 Gmaj 2 A7sus4 Gmaj He did just what he said he's gonna do and the money came in sacks Gsus2 Em7 D Gmaj New contracts with Carl Perkins' Cadillac Instrumental: Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 D Dsus4 D (2X) [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/drive-by-truckers/253503.html ] Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 I got friends in Nashville... or at least they’re folks I know Cadd9 D Dsus4 D Nashville's where you go... to see if what is said is so Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 Carl drove his brand new Cadillac to Nashville and he went downtown Cadd9 D This town that promised him a Grammy, he turned his Cadillac around BRIDGE 2 Cadd9 Gmaj 2 A7sus4 Gmaj 'Cause Mr. Phillips never blew enough hot air to need a little gold plated paperweight Gsus2 Em7 D He promised him a cad-illac, they put the wind in Carl's face Cadd9 Gmaj 2 A7sus4 Gmaj He did just what he said he's gonna do and the money came in sacks Gsus2 Em7 D Gmaj New contracts with Carl Perkins' Cadillac BREAK Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 D Dsus4 D (2X) Guitar solo over chords: Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 Cadd9 D (2X) Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 Damn it Elvis, I swear son, I think it's time you came around Cadd9 D Makin' money you can't spend ain't what bein' dead's about Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 You gave me all but one good reason not to do all of the things you did Cadd9 D Now Cadillacs are fiberglass, if you were me you'd call it quits BRIDGE 1 Cadd9 Gmaj 2 A7sus4 Gmaj If Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call “Sir” Gsus2 Em7 D I just wish Mr. Phillips did of y'all, ‘bout as good as you deserved Cadd9 Gmaj 2 A7sus4 Gmaj He did just what he said he's gonna do and the money came in sacks Gsus2 Em7 D Gmaj New contracts with Carl Perkins' Cadillac Gsus2 Em7 D Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 D Dsus4 D Carl Perkin’s Cadillac OUTRO: Gmaj Gsus2 Em7 D Dsus4 D (2X) END ON Gmaj Enjoy. - A Stranger Here  |