G  G/F#   Em  D
G  G/F#   Em  D

[Verse 1]
G                        G/F#                Em
Life ain't nothin' but a blendin' up all the ups and downs
                          C
Damn it, Elvis, don't you know?
                      D
You made your mama so proud.
G                         G/F#                            Em
Before you ever made that record, before there ever was a Sun
                          C                          D
Before you ever lost that Cadillac, the Carl Perkins one.

G  G/F#  Em  D  (x2)

[Verse 2]
G            G/F#                              Em                
Mr. Phillips found ol' Johnny Cash when he was high
                    C
high before he ever took those pills
                            D
and he's still too proud to die.
G                  G/F#                    Em
Mr. Phillips never said anything behind nobody's back
                             C
like damn it Elvis, don't he know?
                   D
He ain't no Johnny Cash

[Chorus]
    C                     C/B            A                    G     F#/
Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir
                Em                               D
I just wish Mr. Phillips did all of y'all, bout as good as you deserved
   C                          C/B
He did just what he said he's gonna do
        A             G        G/F#
and the money came in sacks.
       Em         D
New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac

[Verse 3]
G                        G/F#                Em
I got friends in Nashville, or at least the folks I know
                          C                      D
Nashville's where you go to see if what he said is so.
G                         G/F#                            Em
Carl drove his brand new Cadillac from Nashville anywhere downtown.
G                         G/F#                            Em
This town they promised him a Grammy, he turned his Cadillac around.

[Chorus]
    C                     C/B            A                    G     F#/
Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir
                Em                               D
I just wish Mr. Phillips did all of y'all, bout as good as you deserved
   C                          C/B
He did just what he said he's gonna do
        A             G        G/F#
and the money came in sacks.
       Em         D
New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac

[Verse 4]
G                        G/F#                Em
Damn it Elvis, I swear son, I think it's time you came around.
                          C                      D
Makin' money you can't spend ain't what bein' dead's about
G                         G/F#                            Em
You gave me all but one good reason not to do all of the things you did.
                          C                          D
Like Cadillac (?) glass, if you were me, you'd call it quits.

[Chorus]
    C                     C/B            A                    G     F#/
Mr. Phillips was the only man that Jerry Lee still would call sir
                Em                               D
I just wish Mr. Phillips did all of y'all, bout as good as you deserved
   C                          C/B
He did just what he said he's gonna do
        A             G        G/F#
and the money came in sacks.
       Em         D
New contracts and Carl Perkins' Cadillac