Primer Coat Chords

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LastLawson
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Primer Coat Chords

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Tuned down to D standard. Jay's rhythm parts are just arpeggios of these chords; mostly the bottom three strings. Lyrics from DBT site.

D G
The old man’s out by the swimming pool
Em G
He goes there to think
D G
He talks on the phone sometimes
Em G
Hardly mentions a thing
D G
Said he needed it for his knees
Em G
He used to swim back in school
D G Em A D
Graduated in 84, quit drinking in 92

D G Em G
He used to call her a basket case for hanging 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

A G D G
Slinging gravel in parking lots and looking tough on the hood
G F#m A G
A girl as plain as a primer coat leaves nothing misunderstood
G D Csus2 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 is gone

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
She’s slipping out of her apron strings
Em G
You best leave him be
D G Em A D
He’s staring through his own taillights and gathering speed
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Cole Younger
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Re: Primer Coat Chords

Post by Cole Younger »

Ok so I have been playing this right. I knew this had to be it but had never compared notes with anybody until now.
A single shot rifle and a one eyed dog.

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