KRIS KRISTOFFERSON - Don't Cuss The Fiddle guitar chord

Don't Cuss the Fiddle

written by K. Kristofferson

corrections welcome.

tabbed 5/14/05

INTRO: D

D G G/F# G

I scandalize my brother while admittin' that he sings some purty songs, and he does

A7 D Dsus4 D

I'd heard that he'd been scandalizin' me and Lord I knew that that was wrong, and it was

D G G/F# G

Now I'm lookin' at it older, somethin' cool and feelin' fool enough to see

A7 D

What I had called my brother on now he had every right to call on me

CHORUS:

D G

Don't ever cuss that fiddle boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune

A7 D

That picker there in trouble boy ain't nothin' but another side of you

D G

If we ever get to Heaven boys it ain't because we ain't done nothin' wrong

A7 D

We're in this gig together so let's settle down and steal each other's songs

(Key change to E)

E A Asus2 A

I found a wounded brother drinkin' bitterly away the afternoon

B7 E Esus4 E

And soon enough he turned on me like he'd done every face in that saloon, yes he did

E A Asus2 A

Well we cussed him to the ground and said he couldn't even steal a decent song

B7 E

But soon as it was spoken we were sad enough to wish that we were wrong

CHORUS:

E A

Don't ever cuss that fiddle boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune

B7 E

That picker there in trouble boy ain't nothin' but another side of you

E A

And if we ever get to Heaven boys it ain't because we ain't done nothin' wrong

B7 E

We're in this gig together so let's settle down at steal each other's songs

B7 E Esus4 E

I know that it sounds silly but I think that I just stole somebody's song

(SPOKEN over E)

Sorry Merle, Jeff, Tom too, Waylon, Hank, Willie, Harlan...