Intro: D G Em G x2
verse 1.
D G Em G
The old man's out by the swimming pool, he goes there to think
D G Em G
He talks on the phone sometimes, hardly mentions a thing
D G Em G
Said he needed it for his knees, he used to swim back in school
D G Em G
Graduated in 84, quit drinking in 92
verse 2.
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 G
Someone comes for their babies, something dies there and then
Bridge
A G D C
Slinging gravel in parking lots and looking tough on the hood
C Bm A G
A girl as plain as a primer coat leaves nothing misunderstood
G D C Em
Her mother and I through trembling lips, a steady hand on his own
D G Em G
The future of every rebel cause, when all the fight in him's gone
verse 3.
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 Em G
She's slipping out of her apron strings, you best leave him be
D G Em G
He's staring through his own taillights and gathering speed