Key: G major
Verse 1
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two, three, four.
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When I left Kentucky back in 49,
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Went to Detroit workin'
on assembly line,
Every day I'd watch
them beauties roll by,
my head and cry,
One day I'd devise myself a plan
Well, getting caught meant getting fired
by the time I retired
I'd get it one piece at a time
I wanna ride around in style
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Cause I have the only one there is around
So the very next day when I
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I left that day with a lunchbox full of gear
I never considered myself a thief
just one little piece
Well, the first day I got me a fuel pump
engine and a trunk
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and all the chrome
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had went all right
together one night
The transmission was a 53
So we drilled it out so that it would fit
from an adapter kit
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Come on, boy!
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that she had her doubts
So I headed on up just to get the tags
from blocks around
they didn't laugh
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Cause to type it up,
it took the whole staff
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I got it one piece at a time
I'm gonna ride around in style
What's that, Red Rider?
Yeah, this is the Cottonmouth
in the Sack -o -Billy Cadillac,
come on. What's that, Rider?
What model is it?
What model is it?
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56, 57, 58, 59 automobile.
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68, 69, 70 automobile.
I'm gonna ride around in style,
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Well, it's a four -nine -fifty -fifty -one -fifty -two -fifty -three -fifty -four
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-fifty -five -fifty -six -fifty -seven -fifty -eight -fifty -nine automobile
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It's a sixty, sixty -one, sixty -two, sixty -three, sixty -four, sixty -five,
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sixty -six, sixty -seven, sixty -eight, sixty -nine, seventy automobile
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I got it one piece at a time,
I'm gonna ride around in style,
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is around
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You
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ChordsG D C Em
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