One Piece At A Time
One Piece At A Time

One Piece At A Time chords by Johnny Cash

1976Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • D

  • G

  • A

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Well, 
    left 
    Kentucky 
    back 
    in 
    forty 
    nine 

    An' 
    went 
    to 
    Detroit 
    workin' 
    on 
    'sembly 
    line 

    The 
    first 
    year 
    they 
    had 
    me, 

    puttin' 
    wheels 
    on 
    Cadillacs 

    Every 
    day 
    I'd 
    watch 
    them 
    beauties 
    roll 
    by 

    And 
    some
    times 
    I'd 
    hang 
    my 
    head 
    and 
    cry 

    'Cause 
    always 
    wanted 
    me 
    one, 

    that 
    was 
    long 
    and 
    black 

    One 
    day 
    devised 
    myself 
    plan 

    That 
    should 
    be 
    the 
    envy 
    of 
    most 
    any 
    man 

    I'd 
    sneak 
    it 
    out 
    of 
    there, 

    in 
    lunchbox 
    in 
    my 
    hand 

    Now 
    gettin' 
    caught 
    meant 
    gettin' 
    fired 

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

    I'd 
    have 
    me 
    car, 

    worth 
    at 
    least 
    hundred 
    grand 

    Chorus 1
    I'd 
    get 
    it 
    one 
    piece 
    at 
    time 

    And 
    it 
    wouldn't 
    cost 
    me 
    dime 

    You'll 
    know 
    it's 
    me, 

    when 
    come 
    through 
    your 
    town 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    ride 
    around 
    in 
    style 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    drive 
    everybody 
    wild 

    'Cause 
    I'll 
    have 
    the 
    only 
    one 
    there 
    is 
    a
    round 

    Verse 2
    So 
    the 
    very 
    next 
    next 
    day 
    when 
    punched 
    in 

    With 
    my 
    big 
    lunchbox, 

    and 
    with 
    help 
    from 
    my 
    friends 

    left 
    that 
    day 
    with 
    lunch 
    box 
    full 
    of 
    gears 

    I've 
    never 
    considered 
    myself 
    thief 

    But 
    G
    wouldn't 
    miss 
    just 
    one 
    little 
    piece 

    Es
    pecially 
    if 
    strung 
    it 
    out 
    over 
    several 
    years 

    The 
    first 
    day 
    got 
    me 
    fuel 
    pump 

    And 
    the 
    next 
    day, 

    got 
    me 
    an 
    engine 
    and 
    trunk 

    Then 
    got 
    me 
    transmission, 

    and 
    all 
    the 
    chrome 

    The 
    little 
    things 
    could 
    get 
    in 
    my 
    big 
    lunchbox 

    Like 
    nuts, 
    an' 
    bolts, 
    and 
    all 
    four 
    shocks 

    But 
    the 
    big 
    stuff 
    we 
    snuck 
    out, 

    in 
    my 
    buddy's 
    mobile 
    home 

    Verse 3
    Now, 
    up 
    to 
    now 
    my 
    plan 
    went 
    all 
    right 

    'Til 
    we 
    tried 
    to 
    put 
    it 
    all 
    together 
    one 
    night 

    And 
    that's 
    when 
    we 
    noticed, 

    that 
    something 
    was 
    definitely 
    wrong 

    The 
    transmission 
    was 
    fifty 
    three 

    And 
    the 
    motor 
    turned 
    out 
    to 
    be, 

    seventy 
    three 

    And 
    when 
    we 
    tried 
    to 
    put 
    in 
    the 
    bolts, 

    all 
    the 
    holes 
    were 
    gone 

    So 
    we 
    drilled 
    it 
    out 
    so 
    that 
    it 
    would 
    fit 

    And 
    with 
    little 
    bit 
    of 
    help, 

    from 
    an 
    adapter 
    kit 

    We 
    had 
    that 
    engine 
    runnin' 
    just 
    like 
    song 

    Now 
    the 
    headlight' 
    was 
    another 
    sight 

    We 
    had 
    two 
    on 
    the 
    left 
    and 
    one 
    on 
    the 
    right 

    But 
    when 
    we 
    pulled 
    out 
    the 
    switch, 

    all 
    three 
    of 
    'em 
    come 
    on. 

    Verse 4
    The 
    back 
    end 
    looked 
    kinda 
    funny 
    too 

    But 
    we 
    put 
    it 
    together, 

    and 
    when 
    we 
    got 
    through 

    Well, 
    that's 
    when 
    we 
    noticed, 

    that 
    we 
    only 
    had 
    one 
    tail-
    fin 

    About 
    that 
    time 
    my 
    wife 
    walked 
    out 

    And 
    could 
    see 
    in 
    her 
    eye, 

    that 
    she 
    had 
    her 
    doubts 

    But 
    she 
    opened 
    the 
    door 
    and 
    said 

    "Honey, 
    take 
    me 
    for a 
    spin." 

    So 
    we 
    drove 
    up 
    town 
    just 
    to 
    get 
    the 
    tags 

    And 
    headed 
    her 
    right 
    on 
    down 
    main 
    drag 

    could 
    hear 
    everybody 
    laughin' 

    for 
    blocks 
    a
    round 

    But 
    up 
    there 
    at 
    the 
    court 
    house, 

    they 
    didn't 
    laugh 

    'Cause 
    to 
    type 
    it 
    up 
    it 
    took 
    the 
    whole 
    staff 

    And 
    when 
    they 
    got 
    through, 

    the 
    title 
    weighed 
    sixty 
    pounds 

    Chorus 2
    got 
    it 
    one 
    piece 
    at 
    time 

    And 
    it 
    didn't 
    cost 
    me 
    dime 

    You'll 
    know 
    it's 
    me, 

    when 
    come 
    through 
    your 
    town 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    ride 
    around 
    in 
    style 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    drive 
    everybody 
    wild 

    'Cause 
    I'll 
    have 
    the 
    only 
    one 
    there 
    is 
    a
    round 

    Interlude 1
    Ugh! 
    Yeah, 
    RED 
    RYDER 

    This 
    is 
    the 
    COTTON 
    MOUTH 

    In 
    the 
    PSYCHO-BILLY 
    CADILLAC 
    Come 
    on 

    Huh, 
    This 
    is 
    the 
    COTTON 
    MOUTH 

    And 
    negatory 
    on 
    the 
    cost, 

    of 
    this 
    mow-chine 
    there 
    RED 
    RYDER 

    You 
    might 
    say 
    went 
    right 
    up 
    to 
    the 
    factory 

    And 
    picked 
    it 
    up, 
    it's 
    cheaper 
    that 
    way 

    Ugh!, 
    what 
    model 
    is 
    it? 

    Outro 1
    Well, 
    It's 
    '49, 
    '50, 
    '51, 
    '52, 
    '53, 
    '54, 
    '55, 
    '56 

    '57, 
    '58' 
    59' 
    automobile 

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

    '68, 
    '69, 
    '70 
    automobile 

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