Primer Coat Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][C][Am][G][C][Am]

[Verse 1]
[G]The old man's
out by the swimming [C]pool[Am]
He goes there [C]to think[G]
He talks on the phone [C]sometimes[Am]
Hardly mentions [C]a thing
[G]Said he needed it for his[C] knees
[Am]He used to swim back
[C]in school[G]
Graduated [C]in [Am]84, quit drinking i[D]n 92

[Verse 2]
[G]He[C][Am][C][G][C][Am]
[C]use[G]d to call her
a bas[C]ket [Am]case for going on like [C]she did
[G]The only girl of a foreman[C]'s wife,
[Am]she'd never let him [C]forget
[G]It comes to women and they sur[C]vive but[Am]
when the same comes to [C]men[G]
Someone comes for their ba[C]bies,
[Am]something dies[D] there and then

[Interlude 1]
[G][C][Am][C][G][C][Am]

[Verse 3]
[D]Slinging gravel in parking lot[C]s and[G]
looking tough on the [F]hood
A girl as plain as a primer [Em]coat
[D]leaves nothing misunderstood
[C]Her mother and I through tre[G]mbling lips,
[F]a steady hand on his own[Am]
[G]The future of every rebel cau[C]se,
[Am]when all the f[D]ight in him's gone
[G][C][Am]

[Verse 4]
[C]My[G][C][Am][D][C][G][F]
[Em][D][C][G][F][Am]
[G][C][Am][D][G][C][Am][G]
[C]
[Am]sist[G]er's marrying in the fal[C]l and ever[Am]ything will be fine[C][G]
Mama's planning the wedding,
[C]Dad[Am]dy's planning on crying[C]
[G]She's slipping out of her
ap[C]ron [Am]strings
You best leave him [C]be
[G]He's staring through his own taillig[C]hts and[Am] gatherin[D]g

[Outro 1]
speed
[G][C][Am][G][C][Am]
[G][C][Am][G][C][Am][C][Am]
[G][C][Am][G]