Tailgate Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C]

[Verse 1]
'74 [C]Ford truck,
rusted out an' beat up.
[F]Fire- engine red,
been a part of the family for [C]years.
I was sixteen, it was my turn.
Four [F]on the [C]floor an' I had learn,
[Eb]So m[C]y brot[F]her took me out to teach me
how to shift those [Cm]gears.[C][F][C]
With [E]a tear in his eye,
he [F]handed me the keys.
[E]Says: "Truck's got
quite [F]a history.
[E]"Over the years it's [F]been really
good to me."
[G]

[Verse 2]
"There's been a lotta [F]tail
on the tailgate,
"Bumpin' on the bumper,
[C]"Steam on the windows: ain't no wonder,
"There's [G]dents in the hoods,
an' [F]the shocks ain't good.
"Swingin' from the rollbars,
dancin' in the bed:
"I [C]seen a bunch of gorgeous
country corn- fed,
[G]"Girls an' a few other thing
[F]s I can't say:
"There's been a lotta
[C]tail on the tailgate,
"Oh, that's right, [F]oh."[C]
[Cm]Got a grille

[Verse 3]
[C]guard, foglights.
Custom paint an' every [Dm]Friday [Cm]night,
[C]I'm tro[F]llin' down Main Street
showin' off the new [C]chrome wheels.
[G]We [C]take a rough
[Cm]ride[C] (Rough ride.)
Down a dirt road (Down a dirt road.)
To my Grandaddy's farm
an' we unload,
An' drove, the [F]doors wide open
an' crank up [C]the stero.
It's [E]better than a club or [F]a honky- tonk,
An' [E]we can hang out just as [F]long as we want.
I [E]think I undertsand what my [F]brother
was talkin' about.
[G]

[Verse 4]
'Cause there's a lotta [F]tail
on the tailgate,
Bumpin' on the bumper,
[C]Steam on the windows,
ain't no wonder,
There's [G]dents in the hood an'
[F]the shocks ain't good.
Swingin' from the rollbars,
dancin' in the bed,
[C]There's a bunch of gorgeous
country corn- fed,
[G]Girls an' a few other [F]thing
s I can't say:
There's a lotta tail on the
tailgate:
[C]Whoo, that's right.

[Verse 5]
[F]
(Oh, show 'em what you got.
[Eb]baby.[F][C][F][G][C]
[F](Whoo, hah, [G]let it go boys.)

[Verse 6]
There's a lotta [F]tail on
the tailgate,
Bumpin' on the bumper,
[C]Steam on the windows: ain't no wonder,
There's [G]dents in the hood an'
[F]the shocks ain't [Eb]good.
[F]Swingin' from the rollbars,
dancin' in the bed:
[C]There's a bunch of gorgeous
country corn- fed,
[G]Girls an' a few other thing
[F]s I can't say:
There's been [C]a lot[Cm] ta[F]
[C]tail on the tailgate:
Whoo, yeah, baby.

[Verse 7]
That ain't what you're thinkin'. [C]Oh,
now some of y'all take
that out of your minds.
It ain't [F]that.[C]
That's where people [C]sit!
Hello, do I have to explain it to you?
You think it's way [C]down in the gutter.
[C]Oh yeah.