One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash Intro: [G] [C] [D] [D] [G] Verse 1: [G] Well I left Kentucky back in '49, And went to [C] Detroit working on assembly line The [D] first year they had me putting wheels on Cadil[G]lac's Every day I'd watch them beauties roll by, And [C] sometimes I'd hang my head and cry 'Cause I [D] always wanted me one that was long and [G] black [Verse 2] One day I devised myself a plan, That should [C] be the envy of most any man I'd [D] sneak it outta there in a lunch box in my [G] hand Now getting caught meant getting fired, But I [C] figured I'd have it all by the time I retired I'd [D] have me a car worth at least a hundred [G] grand |[Chorus] |I'd get it one piece at a time and it [C] wouldn't cost me a dime |You'll [D] know it's me when I come through your [G] town |I'm gonna ride around in style I'm gonna [C] drive everybody wild |'Cause [D] I'll have the only one there is [G] around [Verse 3] So the very next day when I punched in, With my [C] big lunch box and with help from my friends, I [D] left that day with a lunch-box full of [G] gears I've never considered myself a thief, But [C] GM wouldn't miss just one little piece [D] Especially if I strung it out over several [G] years [Verse 4] The first day I got me a fuel pump, And the [C] next day I got me an engine and a trunk Then [D] I got me a transmission and all the [G] chrome The little things I could get in my big lunch box, Like [C] nuts and bolts and all four shocks [D] But the big stuff we snuck out in my buddy's mobile [G] home [Verse 5] Now up to now my plan went alright, Till we [C] tried to put it all together one night And [D] that's when we noticed that something was definitely [G] wrong The transmission was a '53, And the [C] motor turned out to be a '73 And [D] when we tried to put in the bolts all the holes were [G] gone [Verse 6] So we drilled it out so that it would fit, And with a little [C] bit of help from an adapter kit We [D] had that engine running just like a [G] song Now the headlights they was another sight, We had [C] two on the left and one on the right But [D] when we pulled out the switch all three of 'em come [G] on [Verse 7] The back end looked kind of funny too, But we [C] put it together and when we got through Well [D] that's when we noticed that we only had one tail [G] fin About that time my wife walked out, And I could [C] see in her eyes that she had her doubts But she [D] opened the door and said honey take me for a [G] spin [Verse 8] So we drove uptown just to get the tags, And I [C] headed her right on down main drag I could [D] hear everybody laughing for blocks [G] around But up there at the courthouse they didn't laugh, Cause to [C] type it up it took the whole staff And when [D] they got through the title weighed sixty [G] pounds |[Chorus] |I got it one piece at a time and it [C] didn't cost me a dime |You'd [D] know it's me when I come through your [G] town |I'm gonna ride around in style I'm gonna [C] drive everybody wild |'Cause I'll [D] have the only one there is [G] around Outro: [G] Ah yeah Red Rider this is the Cottonmouth, In the Psychobilly Cadillac come on Oh this is the Cottonmouth and 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... Ah what model it is? [G] Well it's a '49, '50, '51, '52, [C] '53, '54, '55, '56, [D] '57 '58' 59' Auto[G]mobile It's a '60, '61, '62, '63, [C] '64, '65, '66, '67, [D] '68, '69, '70 Auto[G]mobile