Dont Cuss The Fiddle

INTRO:


I scandalize my brother while admittin that he sings some purty songs, and he does

I d heard that he d been scandalizin me and Lord I knew that that was wrong, and it was

Now I m lookin at it older, somethin cool and feelin fool enough to see

What I had called my brother on now he had every right to call on me


Don t ever cuss that fiddle boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune

That picker there in trouble boy ain t nothin but another side of you

If we ever get to Heaven boys it ain t because we ain t done nothin wrong

We re in this gig together so let s settle down and steal each other s songs


(Key change to E)

I found a wounded brother drinkin bitterly away the afternoon

And soon enough he turned on me like he d done every face in that saloon, yes he did

Well we cussed him to the ground and said he couldn t even steal a decent song

But soon as it was spoken we were sad enough to wish that we were wrong


CHORUS:

Don t ever cuss that fiddle boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune

That picker there in trouble boy ain t nothin but another side of you

And if we ever get to Heaven boys it ain t because we ain t done nothin wrong

We re in this gig together so let s settle down at steal each other s songs


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...