Zip City Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Em G D

A Asus4 A

Em G D

A Asus4 A

  D-- Your daddy was mad as hell.

  Bm-- He was mad at me and you when he

  GTied that chain to the front of my car and pulled me

  EmOut of that ditch that I Gslid into.

  D-- Don't know what his problem is,

  Bm-- Why he keeps sending me away. Don't know

  GWhy I put up with this shit when you

  EmDon't put out and Zip GCity's so far a-

  Dway. Dsus2

D Dsus4

Interlude

(Repeat Intro)

Verse 2

  D-- Your daddy is a deacon down at the

  BmSalem Church of Christ, and he

  GMakes good money as long as Reynolds

  EmWrap keeps everything Gwrapped up tight.

  D-- Your mama's as good a wife and

  BmMama as she can be, and your

  GSister keeps puttin' that sweet stuff on every-

  Embody in town but Gme.

  A-- Your brother was the first-born, got ten

  BmFingers and ten toes, And it's a

  GDamn good thing cause he needs all twenty just to

  EmKeep the closet door

  GClosed.

Interlude

D Dsus2

  G(RepeatD Intro)

Verse 3

  Em-- Maybe it's the twenty-six mile

  GDrive from Zip City to Colbert

  DHeights that keeps my mind clean,

  AGets me through the night.

  Em-- Or maybe you're just a desti-

  Gnation, a place for me to go that

  DKeeps me from having to deal with my

  ASeventeen-year-old mind all a-

  Emlone. So keep your drawers on, girl,

  GIt ain't worth the fight. By the

  DTime you drop them I'll be gone and you'll

  ABe right where they fall the rest of your

Em *** (see INTERLUDE below)

Life

Interlude

(Repeat Intro, beat 1 is 'life' from above)

(Final "A" &-4-& is leading "you say you're" lyric below)

Verse 4

  AYou say you're

Em

Tired of me taking you for

  GGranted, Waiting up 'till the last

  DMinute to call you up and see

  AWhat you want to do. But you're

  EmOnly fifteen, girl, you ain't

  GGot no secretary. And "For

  DGranted" is a mighty big word for a

  ACountry girl like you. I think that's

  EmJust your Daddy talking, Cause he

  GKnows that blood red carpet down at the

  DSalem Church of Christ ain't gonna

  Aever see no wedding between

Em *** (see INTERLUDE below)

me and you.

Interlude

(Repeat Intro, beats 1/2 are 'me and you' from above)

Verse 5

  Zip DCity it's a good thing that they

  BmBuilt the wall around you, Zip

  GUp to Tennessee then zip right

  EmDown to Ala-Gbama. I got

  D-- 350 heads on a

  Bm-- 305 engine, I get

  Gten miles to the gallon, I ain't

  Emgot no good in-Gtentions.

D

--crookedpath