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Earl's Dead - Cadillac for Sale by Jimmy Buffett
Earl's Dead - Cadillac for Sale
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:4th fret
[Chorus]
F C G C
Earl’s dead Cadillac for sale
F C G C
An Eldorado sits out on the Tamiami Trail
F C G Am
Sign on the windshield tells the whole tale
F C G C
Earl’s dead Cadillac for sale
[Verse]
G
He was a circus man when they first met
F C
He was fired from a cannon into a net
G
The money was good he always hit the bullseye
F C
Savin’ for the car one day he would buy
[Verse]
G
No he wasn’t thinking of some average ride
F C
A Human Cannonball has a lot pride
G
If you’re gonna live large you need a high dramatic
F C
Eldorado Biarritz for this wild acro-batic
[Chorus]
F C G C
And Earl’s is red with shark-like fins
F C G C
And that’s where this little love tale begins
F C G Am
The rear view mirror puts it all in scale
F C G C
Earl’s dead- Cadillac for sale
[Verse]
G
She was an Everglades Girl partly Seminole
F C
With an urge for going and a wondering soul
G
With a name like Moonvine she knew she’d never stay
F C
But that handsome human bullet stole her heart away
[Verse]
G
It was Saturday night after the midnight show
F C
She was staring at the car when he said, “hello.”
G
Didn’t take too much to move her off the reservation
F C
Just a good looking boy with the right trans-portation
[Chorus]
F C G C
And now Earl is Wed, Moonvine’s got her veil
F C G C
Their tow’n that cannon down the Tamiami trail
F C G Am
He’s got the talent, she’s got brains
F C G C
Earl and Moonvine- left the land of sugarcane
[Bridge]
Am
So they drove down to Panama and back up to Maine
C
Had so much fun, hell, they did it again
Am
Crossing cities off the map as they shot down the road
F#m B G
Knowing tow’n a cannon things could ex - plode
[Bridge]
Am
Now a Cadillac was always an Elvis thing
C
Polished chrome and gold it was the birth of bling
Am
They came with personality, they made you a star
F#m
God may have made the earth,
B G
but Man made that c - ar
[Verse]
G
Now all the way back to the time of James Dean
F C
Car crash songs chewed up heroes and machines
G
Sick minds, stop signs and uncontrolled swerves
F C
But Earl and his Caddy could handle killer curves
[Verse]
G
So when the big top folded Earl took his last ride
F C
Moonvine kissed her boy goodbye, his exit had arrived
G
She shot his ashes ‘cross the gulf from that ancient rusty gun
F C
Nomads know when the show is done
[Chorus]
F C G C
And Earl’s dead he’s been air mailed
F C G C
And that Eldorado waiting on the Tamiami trail
F C G Am
For some shameless enter-tainer to blow in like a gale
F C G C
Earl’s dead – Cadillac for sale
F C F C
Earl’s Dead Earl’s dead
G D
A- men
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:4th fret
[Verse 1]
F C G C
Earl’s dead- Cadillac for sale
F C G C
An Eldorado sits out on the Tamiami Trail
F C G Am
Sign on the windshield tells the whole tale
F C G C
Earl’s dead- Cadillac for sale
G
He was a circus man when they first met
F C
He was fired from a cannon into a net
G
The money was good he always hit the bullseye
F C
Savin’ for the car one day he would buy
[Verse 2]
G
No he wasn’t thinking of some average ride
F C
A Human Cannonball has a lot pride
G
If you’re gonna live large you need a high dramatic
F C
Eldorado Biarritz for this wild acrobatic
F C G C
And Earl’s is red with shark-like fins
F C G C
And that is where this little love tale begins
F C G Am
The rear view mirror puts it all in scale
F C G C
Earl’s dead- Cadillac for sale
[Verse 3]
G
She was an Everglades Girl partly Seminole
F C
With an urge for going and a wondering soul
G
With a name like Moonvine she knew she’d never stay
F C
But that handsome human bullet stole her heart away
G
It was Saturday night after the midnight show
F C
She was staring at the car when he said, “hello.”
G
Didn’t take too much to move her off the reservation
F C
Just a good looking boy with the right trans-portation
[Verse 4]
F C G C
And now Earl is Wed, Moonvine’s got her veil
F C G C
Their tow’n that cannon down the Tamiami trail
F C G Am
He’s got the talent, she’s got brains
F C G C
Earl and Moonvine- left the land of sugarcane
Am
So they drove down to Panama and back up to Maine
C
Had so much fun, hell, they did it again
Am
Crossing cities off the map as they shot down the road
F#m B G
Knowing tow’n a cannon things could ex - plode
[Verse 5]
Am
Now a Cadillac was always an Elvis thing
C
Polished chrome and gold it was the birth of bling
Am
They came with personality, they made you a star
F#m
God may have made the earth,
B G
but Man made that c - ar
G
Now all the way back to the time of James Dean
F C
Car crash songs chewed up heroes and machines
G
Sick minds, stop signs and uncontrolled swerves
F C
But Earl and his Caddy could handle killer curves
[Verse 6]
G
So when the big top folded Earl took his last ride
F C
Moonvine kissed her boy goodbye, his exit had arrived
G
She shot his ashes ‘cross the gulf from that ancient rusty gun
F C
Nomads know when the show is done
F C G C
And Earl’s dead he’s been air mailed
F C G C
And that Eldorado waiting on the Tamiami trail
F C G Am
For some shameless enter-tainer to blow in like a gale
F C G C
Earl’s dead – Cadillac for sale
[Outro]
F C F C
Earl’s Dead Earl’s dead
G C
Am - en
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