Chords/Lyrics Rosanne Cash Couldn't Do Nothing Right written by Gary P Nunn Karen Brooks Rosanne Cash vocals Emmylou Harris harmony Frank Reckard guitar Ricky Skaggs fiddle/harmony Emory Gordy bass John Ware drums Tony Brown piano Hank DeVito steel guitar G D The lamp is broken on the mantle G D My mind is blown and I'm going away G D It's getting more than I can handel G D It's getting more than I can take C D G I couldn't stay here if I wanted C D Em I couldn't stay here if I tried C D G G/FEm You were always so dissapointed in me C D G C I could never do nothing right G D And I worked hard to make a living G D To make a living good for you G D But you wanted more than I was giving G D I guess that was more than I could do C D G I couldn't stay here if I wanted C D Em I couldn't stay here if I tried C D G G/FEm You were always so dissapointed in me C D G G I could never do nothing right Rosanne Cash "Right Or Wrong" Columbia Records 1979 Produced by Rodney Crowell