One Piece At A Time Chords

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F Well I left Kentucky back in '49, I went to DeA♯troit workin on assembly

  line. The fiCrst year they had me puttin wheels on CadillFacs. Every day

  I'd watch them beauties roll by and sA♯ometimes I'd hang my head and cry,

  cause I alCways wanted me one that was long and blFack. One day I devised

  myself a plan that should A♯be the envy of most any man, I'd snCeak it out

  of there in a lunch box in my hFand. Now, gettin caught meant gettin

  fired, but I fiA♯gured I'd have it all by the time I retired. I'd hCave

  me a car worth at least a hundred grFand. I'd get it one piece at a time

  and it wouA♯ldn't cost me a dime, you'll kCnow it's me when I come through

  your tFown. I'm gonna ride around in style, I'm gonna drA♯ive everybody

  wild, cause I'll hCave the only one there is aroFund.

So the very next day when I punched in with my big lunch box and with

help from a friend, I left that day with a lunch box full of gears.

I've never considered myself a thief, but GM wouldn't miss just one

little piece, especially if I strung it out over several years. The

first day I got me a fuel pump and the next day I got me an engine and a

trunk, then I got me a transmission and all the chrome. The little

things I could get in my big lunch box like nuts and bolts and all four

shocks, but the big stuff I snuck out in my buddy's mobile home. Now,

up to now my plan went all right till we tried to put it all together

one night, and that's when we noticed that somethin was definitely

wrong. The transmission was a '53 and motor turned out to be a '73, 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 a little bit of help from

an adaptor kit, we had that engine runnin just like a song. The back

Now, the headlights, they was another sight, we had two on the left and

one on the right, but we pulled out the switch and all three of them

came on. 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 I could see in her

eyes 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 we

headed right on down main drag, I could hear everybody laughing for

blocks around. Up there at the courthouse, they didn't laugh because to

type it up it took the whole staff, and when they got through the title

weighed sixty pounds. I got it one piece at a time, and it didn't cost

me a dime, you'll know it's me when I come through your town. I'm gonna

ride around in style, I'm gonna drive everybody wild, cause I'll have

only one there is around.

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