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)
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
