#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## ****************** 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