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