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