Big Cadillac Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays592

Big Cadillac by David Olney is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Em, E and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro 
Am riff 2x 
Em riff 1x 
Am riff 1x  

When the wheel turn a(Am)round  
And your number comes up  
You can trade in your (E)pencils  
And your little tin (Am)cup  
You can get up off your (Dm)knees 
You can get up off your (Am)back  
When they hand you the (E)keys  
To the big Cadil(Am)lac  

Intro with "ah ah ah ah ah ah" over it.  
If you know the song you know what I mean. 

(same chords as above) 
When your money turns green  
And your inside's straight  
You'll have kings and queens  
You'll have aces backed with eights  
And when your flush gets filled  
With a one-eyed jack  
It's gonna be a thrill 
In the big Cadillac  

Intro with "ah ah ah ah ah ah" 

Now you can buy that (Dm)gun  
With a trigger you can (Am) pull it  
You know the pearl-handled (Dm)one  
That shoots silver (Am)bullets  
At the shadows in the (E)night  

Intro with "ah ah ah ah ah ah" 

Violin solo over intro chords. 

Now you can buy that (Dm)gun  
With a trigger you can (Am) pull it  
You know the pearl-handled (Dm)one  
That shoots silver (Am)bullets  
At the shadows in the (E)night  

When the wheel turn around,  
And your the head of the class, 
You can drive up town,  
behind your tinted glass,  
Wear your bullet proof vest, 
With the buttons down the back  
You've got to look your best,  
In your big Cadillac.  

Intro with "ah ah ah ah ah ah" 3 x 
(Second time bass and drums drop out,  
then come back for final one, which has no singing.) 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante