INTRO: D 
 
    D                                                             G     G/F#    G 
I scandalize my brother while admittin' that he sings some purty songs, and he does 
     A7                                                                 D    D4   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 
 

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       A9   A 
I found a wounded brother drinkin' bitterly away the afternoon 
    B7                                                             E     E4   E 
And soon enough he turned on me like he'd done every face in that saloon, yes he did 
E                                                                         A     A9 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     E4  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...