INTRO: D5 
 
    D5                                                             G5     G5    G5 
I scandalize my brother while admittin' that he sings some purty songs, and he does 
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I'd heard that he'd been scandalizin' me and Lord I knew that that was wrong, and it was 
        D5                                                               G5      G5   G5 
Now I'm lookin' at it older, somethin' cool and feelin' fool enough to see 
     A5                                                            D5 
What I had called my brother on now he had every right to call on me 
 

D5                                                                   G5 
Don't ever cuss that fiddle boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune 
       A5                                                           D5 
That picker there in trouble boy ain't nothin' but another side of you 
       D5                                                               G5 
If we ever get to Heaven boys it ain't because we ain't done nothin' wrong 
       A5                                                                D5 
We're in this gig together so let's settle down and steal each other's songs  
 
(Key change to 
E5 ) 

   E5                                                    A5       A5   A5 
I found a wounded brother drinkin' bitterly away the afternoon 
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And soon enough he turned on me like he'd done every face in that saloon, yes he did 
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Well we cussed him to the ground and said he couldn't even steal a decent song 
     B5                                                            E5 
But soon as it was spoken we were sad enough to wish that we were wrong 
 
CHORUS: 
E5                                                                   A5 
Don't ever cuss that fiddle boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune 
      B5                                                            E5 
That picker there in trouble boy ain't nothin' but another side of you 
E5                                                                         A5 
And if we ever get to Heaven boys it ain't because we ain't done nothin' wrong 
      B5                                                               E5 
We're in this gig together so let's settle down at steal each other's songs 
 

  B5                                                                  E5     E5  E5 
I know that it sounds silly but I think that I just stole somebody's song 
 
(SPOKEN over 
E5 ) 
Sorry Merle, Jeff, Tom too, Waylon, Hank, Willie, Harlan...