Drive-By Truckers – Primer Coat (Guitar)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
D G Em x2
[Verse 1]
D G Em G The old man's out by the swimming pool, he goes there to think D G Em G He talks on the phone sometimes, hardly mentions a thing D G Em G Said he needed it for his knees, he used to swim back in school D G Em A D Graduated in 84, quit drinking in 92
[Interlude]
(D) G Em
D G Em
[Verse 2]
D G Em G He used to call her a basket case for going on like she did D G Em G The only girl of a foreman's wife, she'd never let him forget D G Em G It comes to women and they survive but when the same comes to men D G Em A D Someone comes for their babies, something dies there and then
[Interlude]
(D) G Em
D G Em
[Bridge]
A G D C Slinging gravel in parking lots and looking tough on the hood C Bm A G A girl as plain as a primer coat leaves nothing misunderstood G D C Em Her mother and I through trembling lips, a steady hand on his own D G Em A D The future of every rebel cause, when all the fight in him's gone
[Verse 3]
D G Em G My sister's marrying in the spring and everything will be fine D G Em G Mama's planning the wedding, Daddy's planning on crying D G Em G She's slipping out of her apron strings, you best leave him be D G Em A D He's staring through his own taillights and gathering speed
[Outro]
(D) G Em
D G Em x3
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