G  D


D
She gave me my walking papers

and ran off with someone new
G
Cuz he bought her things
                  D
my wages couldn't buy
     G
So i turned to ups and downers
D
and everything between
E                                        A
Still i can't get her good lovin' off my mind


                      D
Well today I bought a Cadillac

the kind she's always wanted
G
I called and asked her
                 D
if she'd like to ride
                     G
She said this is our last date
       A                   D
I said that's alright with me

cause tonight I'm driving her out of my mind


               G
Yeah I'll take her on a scenic cruise
             D
right off of Lookout Mountain

Cause she said I never took her out
      A
when she was mine
           G
She'll see all seven states
      D
as we drive to the pearly gates
                     A
tonight when I drive her out of my mind



All the papers will read "Lovers leap

again off Lookout Mountain"

Cause i wrote a note
     G            D
that called it suicide
       G
But my epitaph will say
               D
"he killed his pain yesterday
        E
when he finally drove that woman off his mind


         D
Well now here she comes to greet me

dressed to kill and so am I
         Gm
Hope she asks me if this
              D
cadillac will fly
G
And I know that I'll die laughin'
       D
when I show her that it will

when I drive that woman

right out of my mind


               G
Yeah I'll take her on a scenic cruise
             D
right off of Lookout Mountain

Cause she said I never took her out
      A
when she was mine
           G
She'll see all seven states
      D
as we drive to the pearly gates
                     A
tonight when I drive her out of my mind



They'll say Johnny Cash was quite a smash
                 G
down here in Chatanooga
           D             A
last night when he drove her
           D
out of his mind
D
yeah that Cadillac dealer's in for a big surprise too

99 dollars down, 99 dollars a month

Yeah it's gonna be just gorgeous


D
(ooh to the pearly gates)
G
(ooh to the pearly gates)
D
(ooh to the pearly gates ...)