Zip City chords by Mike Cooley

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Intro 1

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

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Interlude 1

so far away

Verse 2
C 
Your daddy is a deacon down at the Salem
Am 
Church of Christ
F 
And He makes good money as long as Reynolds
Dm 
F 
Wrap keeps everything wrapped up tight
C 
Your mama's as good a wife
Am 
and mama as she can be
F 
And your sister's puttin' that sweet stuff on
Dm 
F 
G 
everybody in town but me
Your brother was the first- born,
Am 
got ten fin gers and ten toes
F 
And it's a damn good thing cause he needs all twenty to keep
Dm 
F 
the closet door closed

Interlude 2

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

Interlude 3

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

Interlude 4

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