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G G/F# Em D
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[Verse 1]
G G/F# Em
Life ain't nothin' but a blendin' up all the ups and downs
C
Damn it, Elvis, don't you know?
D
You made your mama so proud.
G G/F# Em
Before you ever made that record, before there ever was a Sun
C D
Before you ever lost that Cadillac, the Carl Perkins one.
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[Verse 2]
G G/F# Em
Mr. Phillips found ol' Johnny Cash when he was high
C
high before he ever took those pills
D
and he's still too proud to die.
G G/F# Em
Mr. Phillips never said anything behind nobody's back
C
like damn it Elvis, don't he know?
D
He ain't no Johnny Cash
[Chorus]
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Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir
Em D
I just wish Mr. Phillips did all of y'all, bout as good as you deserved
C C/B
He did just what he said he's gonna do
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and the money came in sacks.
Em D
New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac
[Verse 3]
G G/F# Em
I got friends in Nashville, or at least the folks I know
C D
Nashville's where you go to see if what he said is so.
G G/F# Em
Carl drove his brand new Cadillac from Nashville anywhere downtown.
G G/F# Em
This town they promised him a Grammy, he turned his Cadillac around.
[Chorus]
C C/B A G F#/
Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir
Em D
I just wish Mr. Phillips did all of y'all, bout as good as you deserved
C C/B
He did just what he said he's gonna do
A G G/F#
and the money came in sacks.
Em D
New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac
[Verse 4]
G G/F# Em
Damn it Elvis, I swear son, I think it's time you came around.
C D
Makin' money you can't spend ain't what bein' dead's about
G G/F# Em
You gave me all but one good reason not to do all of the things you did.
C D
Like Cadillac (?) glass, if you were me, you'd call it quits.
[Chorus]
C C/B A G F#/
Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir
Em D
I just wish Mr. Phillips did all of y'all, bout as good as you deserved
C C/B
He did just what he said he's gonna do
A G G/F#
and the money came in sacks.
Em D
New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac
