{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":144304,"song":"One Piece At A Time","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/144304-one-piece-at-a-time-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/144304?type=chord","rating":4.55743,"votes":144,"content":"Johnny Cash - One Piece At a Time\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C7[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, I left Kentucky back in '49[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd went to Detroit working on assembly line[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7[/ch]                                             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe first year, they had me putting wheels on Cadillac's[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEvery day, I'd watch them beauties roll by[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd sometimes I'd hang my head and cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C7[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'cause I always wanted me one that was long and black[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOne day, I devised myself a plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThat should be the envy of most any man[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'd sneak it outta there in a lunchbox in my hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow, getting caught meant getting fired[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7[/ch]                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'd have me a car worth at least a hundred grand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'd get it one piece at a time and it wouldn't cost me a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C7[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou'll know it's me when I come through your town[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna ride around in style, I'm gonna drive everybody wild[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C7[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'cause I'll have the only one there is around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo the very next day when I punched in[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWith my big lunchbox and with help from my friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C7[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI left that day with a lunchbox full of gears[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've never considered myself a thief[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut GM wouldn't miss just one little piece[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C7[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEspecially if I strung it out over several years[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe first day, I got me a fuel pump[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the next day, I got me an engine and a trunk[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C7[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen I got me a transmission and all the chrome[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe little things I could get in my big lunchbox[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nLike nuts and bolts and all four shocks[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C7[/ch]                                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile home[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow up to now, my plan went alright[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n'til we tried to put it all together one night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7[/ch]                                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe transmission was a '53[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd the motor turned out to be a '73[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7[/ch]                                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd when we tried to put in the bolts, all the holes were gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo we drilled it out so that it would fit[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd with a little bit of help from an adapter kit[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C7[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe had that engine running just like a song[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow the headlights, they was another sight[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWe had two on the left and one on the right[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7[/ch]                                                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut when we pulled out the switch, all three of 'em come on[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe back end looked kind of funny too[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut we put it together and when we got through[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C7[/ch]                                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell, that's when we noticed that we only had one tail fin[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAbout that time, my wife walked out[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C7[/ch]                                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut she opened the door and said, \"Honey, take me for a spin\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo we drove uptown just to get the tags[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd I headed her right on down main drag[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C7[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI could hear everybody laughing for blocks around[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut up there at the courthouse, they didn't laugh[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n'cause to type it up, it took the whole staff[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C7[/ch]                                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd when they got through, the title weighed sixty pounds[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI got it one piece at a time and it didn't cost me a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C7[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou'll know it's me when I come through your town[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna ride around in style, I'm gonna drive everybody wild[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C7[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'cause I'll have the only one there is around[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nUh, yeah, Red Rider, this is the Cottonmouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn the psychobilly Cadillac, come on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nHuh? Uh, this is the Cottonmouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd negatory on the cost of this machine there, Red Rider[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou might say I went right up to the factory and picked it up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt's cheaper that way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nUh, what model is it?[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWell, it's a '49, '50, '51, '52, '53, '54, '55, '56[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C7[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'57 '58 '59 automobile[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nIt's a '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C7[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'68, '69, '70 automobile[/tab]","plain_text":"Johnny Cash - One Piece At a Time\n\n\n[Intro]\nF    Bb    C7    F\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["F","Bb","C7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}