Primer Coat Chords & Lyrics - Drive-by Truckers

Intro [D] [G] [Em] [G] x2

[VERSE 1]

Th[D]e old man's out by th[G]e swimming pool[Em] , he goes there t[G]o think
He [D]talks on the p[G]hone sometimes, [Em]hardly mentions a [G]thing
[D]Said he needed it [G]for his knees, he [Em]used to swim back in [G]school
[D]Graduated in 8[G]4, qu[Em]it drinking in [G]92

[VERSE 2]

[D]He used to call her a [G]basket case [Em]for hanging on like she [G]did
[D]The only girl of a [G]foreman's wife, [Em]she'd never let him for[G]get
[D]It comes to w[G]omen and they survive [Em]but when the same comes to [G]men
[D]Someone comes for their [G]babies, s[Em]omething dies there and [G]then

[BRIDGE]

[A]Slinging gravel in [G]parking lots and [D]looking tough on the [C]hood
[C]A girl as plain as a [Bm]primer coat [A]leaves nothing misunders[G]tood
[G]Her mother and I through [D]trembling lips, a s[C]teady hand on his [Em]own
The [D]future of every [G]rebel cause, when all the f[Em]ight in him's g[G]one

[VERSE 3]

[D]My sister's marrying in the [G]spring and [Em]everything will be [G]fine
[D]Mama's planning the w[G]edding, [Em]Daddy's planning on [G]crying
[D]She's slipping out of her a[G]pron strings, [Em]you best leave him [G]be
[D]He's staring through his own [G]taillights a[Em]nd gathering s[G]peed