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One Piece At A Time easy guitar chords by
Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash

1976Country
5.0 (7)
Intro 1
D
G
A

D
D

Verse 1
D

Well, I left Kentucky back in forty nine
G

An' went to Detroit workin' on a 'sembly line
A

The first year they had me,
D

puttin' wheels on Cadillacs

Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by
G

And sometimes I'd hang my head and cry
A

'Cause I always wanted me one,
D

that was long and black

One day I devised myself a plan
G

That should be the envy of most any man
A

I'd sneak it out of there,
D

in lunchbox in my hand

Now gettin' caught meant gettin' fired
G

But I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired
A

I'd have me a car,
D

worth at least a hundred grand
Chorus 1
D

I'd get it one piece at a time
G

And it wouldn't cost me a dime
A

You'll know it's me,
D

when I come through your town

I'm gonna ride around in style
G

I'm gonna drive everybody wild
A
D

'Cause I'll have the only one there is around
Verse 2
D

So the very next next day when I punched in
G

With my big lunchbox,

and with help from my friends
A
D

I left that day with a lunch box full of gears

I've never considered myself a thief
G

But GM wouldn't miss just one little piece
A
D

Especially if I strung it out over several years

The first day I got me a fuel pump
G

And the next day,

I got me an engine and a trunk
A

Then I got me a transmission,
D

and all the chrome

The little things I could get in my big lunchbox
G

Like nuts, an' bolts, and all four shocks
A

But the big stuff we snuck out,
D

in my buddy's mobile home
Verse 3
D

Now, up to now my plan went all right
G

'Til we tried to put it all together one night
A

And that's when we noticed,
D

that something was definitely wrong

The transmission was a fifty three
G

And the motor turned out to be,

a seventy three
A

And when we tried to put in the bolts,
D

all the holes were gone

So we drilled it out so that it would fit
G

And with a little bit of help,

from an adapter kit
A
D

We had that engine runnin' just like a song

Now the headlight' was another sight
G

We had two on the left and one on the right
A

But when we pulled out the switch,
D

all three of 'em come on.
Verse 4
D

The back end looked kinda funny too
G

But we put it together,

and when we got through
A

Well, that's when we noticed,
D

that we only had one tail-fin

About that time my wife walked out
G

And I could see in her eye,

that she had her doubts
A

But she opened the door and said
D

"Honey, take me for a spin."

So we drove up town just to get the tags
G

And I headed her right on down main drag
A

I could hear everybody laughin'
D

for blocks around

But up there at the court house,

they didn't laugh
G

'Cause to type it up it took the whole staff
A

And when they got through,
D

the title weighed sixty pounds
Chorus 2
D

I got it one piece at a time
G

And it didn't cost me a dime
A

You'll know it's me,
D

when I come through your town

I'm gonna ride around in style
G

I'm gonna drive everybody wild
A
D

'Cause I'll have the only one there is around
Interlude 1
D

Ugh! Yeah, RED RYDER

This is the COTTON MOUTH

In the PSYCHO-BILLY CADILLAC Come on
D

Huh, This is the COTTON MOUTH

And negatory on the cost,

of this mow-chine there RED RYDER

You might say I went right up to the factory

And picked it up, it's cheaper that way
D

Ugh!, what model is it?
Outro 1
D
G

Well, It's '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56
A
D

'57, '58' 59' automobile
D
G

It's a '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67
A
D

'68, '69, '70 automobile
[Fade out]

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