Chuck Berry – No Money Down (Guitar)

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As recorded by Chuck Berry (From the 1957 Album AFTER SCHOOL SESSION) [Intro] C G C G C G C G [Verse 1]
N.C.               C G N.C.        C G
As I was motivating    back in town

N.C.                       C G   N.C.          C G
I saw a Cadillac sign saying    'No Money Down'

N.C.                   C G N.C.                     C G
So I eased on my brakes    and I pulled in the drive

N.C.                 C G N.C.                C G
Gunned my motor twice    then I walked inside

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Dealer came to me    said "Trade in your Ford

N.C.                     C G N.C.                   C G
And I'll put you in a car    that'll eat up the road

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Just tell me what you want    and then sign that line

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And I'll have it brought down to you in a hour's time"
[Chorus]
C7
I'm going to get me a car

                               G
And I'll be headed on down the road

       D7
Then I won't have to worry

      C                        G    D  G
About that broken down, ragged Ford
[Verse 2]
N.C.                                   C G N.C.              C G
Well Mister I want a yellow convertible    four door De Ville

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With a Continental spare    and a wire chrome wheel

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I want power steering    and power brakes

N.C.                   C G N.C.               G
I want a powerful motor  with a jet off-take

N.C.                G N.C.                 G
I want air condition, I want automatic heat

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And I want a full Murphy bed  in my back seat

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I want short-wave radio, I want TV and a phone

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You know I got to talk to my baby  when I'm riding alone
[Chorus]
C7
Yes I'm going to get that car

                                  G7
And I'm going to head on down the road

             D7
Yeah, then I won't have to worry

      C                        G
About that broken down, ragged Ford
[Verse 3]
N.C.                   C G N.C.                     C G
I want four carburetors    and two straight exhausts

N.C.                     C G N.C.                   C G
I'm burning aviation fuel    no matter what the cost

N.C.                     C G N.C.               C G
I want railroad air horns    and a military spot

N.C.                       C G   N.C.               C G
And I want a five year guarantee on everything I got

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I want ten dollar deductible    I want twenty dollar notes

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I want thirty thousand liability that's all she wrote
[Out-Chorus]
C7
I got me a car

                           G7
And I'm headed on down the road

                 D
No money down I don't have to worry

N.C.                           G C G  C G
About that broken down, ragged Ford