Don't Cuss the Fiddle written by K. Kristofferson corrections welcome. INTRO: D D G G/F# G I scandalize my brother while admittin' that he sings some purty songs, and he does A7 D Dsus4 D I'd heard that he'd been scandalizin' me and Lord I knew that that was wrong, and it was D G G/F# Now I'm lookin' at it older, somethin' cool and feelin' fool enough to see A7 D What I had called my brother on now he had every right to call on me CHORUS: D G Don't ever cuss that fiddle boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune A7 D That picker there in trouble boy ain't nothin' but another side of you D G If we ever get to Heaven boys it ain't because we ain't done nothin' wrong A7 D We're in this gig together so let's settle down and steal each other's songs (Key change to E) E A Asus2 I found a wounded brother drinkin' bitterly away the afternoon B7 E Esus4 E And soon enough he turned on me like he'd done every face in that saloon, yes he did E A Asus2 Well we cussed him to the ground and said he couldn't even steal a decent song B7 E But soon as it was spoken we were sad enough to wish that we were wrong CHORUS: E A Don't ever cuss that fiddle boy unless you want that fiddle out of tune B7 E That picker there in trouble boy ain't nothin' but another side of you E A And if we ever get to Heaven boys it ain't because we ain't done nothin' wrong B7 E We're in this gig together so let's settle down at steal each other's songs B7 E Esus4 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...