Chords for Johnny Cash - One Piece at a Time (Official Audio)

_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, I left Kentucky back in 49 [Bb] and went to Detroit working on assembly line.
The [C] first year they had me putting wheels [F] on Cadillacs.
_ Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by and sometimes [Bb] I'd hang my head and cry,
[C] cause I always wanted one that was long [F] and black.
_ _ One day I devised myself a plan [Bb] that should be the envy of most any man.
[C] I'd sneak it out of there in the lunchbox [F] in my head.
_ Now getting caught meant getting [Bb] fired, but I figured I'd have it all by the time I retired.
I'd have me a car worth at least [F] a hundred grand.
_ I'd get it one piece at a time and [Bb] it wouldn't cost me a dime.
[C] You'll know it's me when I come through [F] your town. _
I'm gonna ride around in style.
[Bb] I'm gonna drive everybody wild.
[C] Cause I'll have the only one there [F] is around. _
So the very next day when I punched [Bb] in with my big lunchbox and with help from my [C] friend,
I left that day with a [Em] lunchbox [F] full of gears. _ _
I've never considered myself a [Bb] thief, but GM wouldn't miss just one little [C] piece,
especially if I strung it [Em] out over [F] several years. _
The first day I got me a fuel [Bb] pump and the next day I got me an engine and a [C] trump.
Then I got me a [Em] transmission and [F] all the chrome. _
The little things I could get in my big [Bb] lunchbox like nuts and bolts and all four [C] shocks,
but the big stuff we snuck [Em] out my [F] buddy's mobile home. _ _
Now up to now my plan went all [Bb] right till we tried to put it all together one [C] night
and that's when we noticed that something was [F] definitely wrong. _
The transmission was a 53 [Bb] and the motor turned out to be a 73
[C] and when we tried to put in the bolts all [F] the holes were gone. _
So we drilled it out so that it would [Bb] fit and with a little bit of help from an
adapter [C] kit we had that engine running just [F] like a song. _
Now the headlights, there was another sight, [Bb] we had two on the left and one on the [C] right,
but when we pulled out the switch [G] all three [F] of them come on. _ _
The back end looked kind of funny too, [Bb] but we put it together and when we got through,
[C] well that's when we noticed that we only had [F] one tail fin. _
About that time my wife walked out [Bb] and I could see in her eyes that she had her doubts,
[C] but she opened the door and said, honey take me [F] for a spin. _
So we drove uptown just to get the [Bb] tags and I headed to right on down Main Drag.
[C] I could hear everybody [Em] laughing for blocks [F] around, _ _
but up there at the courthouse they didn't laugh [Bb] because to type it up it took the whole staff
[C] and when they got through the title [G] weighed [F] 60 pounds.
_ I got it one piece at a time [Bb] and it didn't cost me a dime.
[C] You'll know it's me when I [Em] come through [F] your town.
I'm gonna ride around in style, [Bb] I'm gonna drive everybody wild,
[C] cause I'll have the only one [Em] there [F] is around. _ _
_ _ Uh yeah Red Rider this is the cotton mouth and the psychophilic Cadillac come on. _ _ _
Oh this is a cotton mouth, the negatory on the cost of this machine there Red Rider.
You might say I went right up to the factory and picked it up, it's cheaper that way.
_ What model is it?
_ Well it's 49, 50, 51, [Bb] 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 [F] automobile.
_ _ It's a 66, 61, 62, [Bb] 63, 64, 65, 66, [C] 67, 68, 69, 70, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 56, _ _ _