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****************** DON'T CUSS THE FIDDLE *******************

written by Kris Kristofferson

performed by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson.


Capo on the 2nd fret.

Verse 1 (W. Nelson):
          B (x2444x@1)                                                              E (022100@1)I scandalized my brother while admitting that he sang some pretty songs
            F# (244322@1)                                                              B (x2444x@1)I heard that he'd been scandilizing me and Lord i knew that that was wrong
                                                                           E (022100@1)Now i'm looking at over something cool and feeling fool enough to see
                F# (244322@1)                                                    B (x2444x@1)What i had called my brother,now he had every right to call on me


Chorus (W. Jennings,W. Nelson):
         B (x2444x@1)                                                                E (022100@1)Don't ever cuss that fiddle,boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune
              F# (244322@1)                                                          B (x2444x@1)That picker there in trouble,boy ain't nothing but another side of you
                                                                              E (022100@1)If we ever get to Heaven,boy it ain't because we ain't done nothing wrong
                 F# (244322@1)                                                              B (x2444x@1)We're in this thing together so let settle down and steal each other's songs


Verse 2 (W. Jennings):
           B (x2444x@1)                                                     E (022100@1)I found awounded (x02210@1)brother drinking bitterly away the afternoon
             F# (244322@1)                                                            B (x2444x@1)And soon enough he turned on me like he'd done every face in that saloon
                                                                                  E (022100@1)Well we cussed him to the ground and said he couldn't even steal adecent (x02210@1)song
                F# (244322@1)                                                           B (x2444x@1)But as soon as it was spoken we were sad enough to wish that we were wrong


Chorus.

            F# (244322@1)                                                       B (x2444x@1)I know that it sounds silly but i think that i just somebody's song


Verse 3 (W. Jennings,W. Nelson):
          B (x2444x@1)                                                  E (022100@1)She's agood (x02210@1)hearted woman in love with agood (x02210@1)timin' man
             F# (244322@1)                                               B (x2444x@1)She loves him in spite of my ways that she don't understand
                                                                              E (022100@1)Through teardrops and laughter we'll pass through this world hand in hand
           F# (244322@1)                                          B (x2444x@1)Agood (x02220@1)hearted woman in love with agood (x02210@1)timin' man


Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr