Biography:
His music is tough. Direct. Straight to the heart. Real and honest. And sung for all the right reasons. He's won the Juno Award as Country Male Vocalist of the Year - three times. He's won seven major Canadian Country Music Association awards, songwriting honours from SOCAN, and a BMI Award in 1993 for "Backroads" as the "Most Performed Song in America." He's had a double platinum album, another platinum one, and another which went gold. There was a raft of hit singles - no less than 10 of which went to #1 on the charts.
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[Intro]
(G) (C) (G) (C) (G) (D) (G)
G C G
Someday, I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em
Gonna roll on up to those big white gates
D
In a long one, shiny black
G C G
Gonna buy me a one-way ticket, and I won't be coming back
C G
Someday I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em
Well I never had no fancy cars
C G
No I never had no money for that
C
Most the time is all I can do
D
Just to keep from sinking fast
Em
Well in this life, there are no guarantees
C G
But I'll tell you this little fact
C
When they come and take me from this world
D
I'm gonna go in a Cadillac
G C G
Someday, I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em
Gonna roll on up to those big white gates
D
In a long one, shiny black
G C G
Gonna buy me a one-way ticket, and I won't be coming back
C G
Someday I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em
Well they say you got to work real hard
C G
Just to get the things that you want
C
Some things are so far out of reach
D
And it's tough enough on what you got
Em
But I know I'll never be rich and fat
C G
I know that's a fact
C
When they come to take me from the world
D
I'm gonna go in a Cadillac
G C G
Someday, I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em
Gonna roll on up to those big white gates
D
In a long one, shiny black
G C G
Gonna buy me a one-way ticket, and I won't be coming back
C G
Someday I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em D C G
When I take that final ride
Em D C G
Down that last, lonely mile
Em D C G
Don't shed no tears for me
C
I'll be where I want to be
D
Lying in back of that (N.C.) Cadillac
G C G
Someday, I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em
Gonna roll on up to those big white gates
D
In a long one, shiny black
G C G
Gonna buy me a one-way ticket, and I won't be coming back
C G
Someday I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
(G) (C) (G) (C) (G) (D) (G)
G C G
Someday, I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em
Gonna roll on up to those big white gates
D
In a long one, shiny black
G C G
Gonna buy me a one-way ticket, and I won't be coming back
C G
Someday I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em
Well I never had no fancy cars
C G
No I never had no money for that
C
Most the time is all I can do
D
Just to keep from sinking fast
Em
Well in this life, there are no guarantees
C G
But I'll tell you this little fact
C
When they come and take me from this world
D
I'm gonna go in a Cadillac
G C G
Someday, I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em
Gonna roll on up to those big white gates
D
In a long one, shiny black
G C G
Gonna buy me a one-way ticket, and I won't be coming back
C G
Someday I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em
Well they say you got to work real hard
C G
Just to get the things that you want
C
Some things are so far out of reach
D
And it's tough enough on what you got
Em
But I know I'll never be rich and fat
C G
I know that's a fact
C
When they come to take me from the world
D
I'm gonna go in a Cadillac
G C G
Someday, I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em
Gonna roll on up to those big white gates
D
In a long one, shiny black
G C G
Gonna buy me a one-way ticket, and I won't be coming back
C G
Someday I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em D C G
When I take that final ride
Em D C G
Down that last, lonely mile
Em D C G
Don't shed no tears for me
C
I'll be where I want to be
D
Lying in back of that (N.C.) Cadillac
G C G
Someday, I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
Em
Gonna roll on up to those big white gates
D
In a long one, shiny black
G C G
Gonna buy me a one-way ticket, and I won't be coming back
C G
Someday I'm gonna ride in a Cadillac
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