Zip City chords by Drive-By Truckers

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Your Daddy was mad as hell
Em 
He was mad at me and you
C 
As he tied that chain to the front of my car
Am 
and pulled me out of that ditch that we slid into
G 
Don't know what his problem is
Em 
Why he keeps dragging you away
C 
Don't know why I put up
with this shit
Am 
When you don't put out and

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Verse 2
Zip City's so far away
G 
Am 
C 
Your
G 
D 
Am 
C 
G 
D 
G 
Daddy is a deacon
E 
down at the Salem Church of Christ
C 
Am 
And He makes good money as long as Reynolds Wrap
G 
keeps everything wrapped up tight
Your Mama's as good a wife and
Em 
Mama as she can be
C 
And your Sister's puttin' that sweet stuff
Am 
D 
on everybody in town but me
Your Brother was the first-born,
Em 
got got ten fingers and ten toes
C 
Am 
And it's a damn good thing cause He needs all twenty to keep

Interlude 1

the closet door closed

Verse 3
C 
Maybe it's the twenty-six mile mile drive
G 
from Zip City to Colbert Heights
D 
Keeps my mind clean
Am 
Gets me through the night
C 
Maybe you're just a destination,
a place for me to go
G 
A way to keep from having to deal with my seven
D 
Am 
teen-year-old mind mind mind all alone
Keep your drawers on, girl,
C 
it ain't worth the fight
G 
By the time you drop them I'll
be gone
D 
And you'll be right where they fall the rest
Am 
of your life

Interlude 2

Verse 4
Am 
You say you're tired of me taking
C 
you for granted
G 
Waiting' up till the last minute to call
D 
you up and see what you want to do
Am 
Well you're only fifteen, girl,
C 
you ain't got no secretary
G 
And "for granted" is a mighty big
D 
word for a country girl like you
Am 
You know it's just your Daddy talking
C 
Cause He knows that blood red carpet at
G 
the Salem Church of Christ
D 
Am 
Ain't gonna ever see no wedding between me  and you
C 

Interlude 3

Verse 5
G 
Zip City it's a good thing that they
Em 
built a wall around you
C 
Zip up to Tennessee then zip
Am 
C 
back down to Alabama
G 
Em 
E 
Em 
I got 350 heads on a 305 engine
C 
I get ten miles to the gallon
Am 
C 
I ain't got no good intentions