Drive-by Truckers – Outfit chords

C                       G                 DYou want to grow up to paint houses like me, a trailer in 
            C        Gmy yard till you're 23 
   C                    G              DYou want to be old after 42 years, keep dropping the hammer 
   C            Gand grinding the gears 

       D                   C       G  D               CWell, I used to go out in a Mustang, a 302 Mach One in 
    Ggreen 
D                    C          G          DMe and your Mama made you in the back and I sold it to buy 
     C    Gher a ring 
     C                          G             CAnd I learned not to say much of nothing and I figured you 
       Galready know 
      C                 Em                  Dbut in case you don’t or maybe forgot, I’ll lay it out real 
        Cnice and slow 

     C                         G             CDon’t call what your wearing an outfit. Don’t ever say your 
      Gcar is broke 
     C                       Em         DDon’t worry about losing your accent, a Southern Man tells 
      C     better jokes 
    C                         G            CHave fun but stay clear of the needle. Call home on your 
        Gsister’s birthday 
     C                            EmDon’t tell them you’re bigger than Jesus, don’t give it 
    Am G EM away
 D                       C       G   D                       C    GSix months in a St. Florian foundry, they call it Industrial Park. 
 D                                 C    G   D                      C       GThen hospital maintenance and Tech School, just to memorize Frigidaire parts.
 C                         G      C                  G    But I got to missing your Mama and I got to missing you too. 
 C                             Em            D                       CSo I went back to painting for my old man and I guess that’s what I’ll always do 
 C                             G            C                       GSo don’t try to change who you are boy, and don’t try to be who you ain’t. 
 C                             Em        D                            CAnd don’t let me catch you in Kendale with a bucket of wealthy-man’s paint. 
 C                             G            C                         GDon’t call what your wearing an outfit. Don’t ever say your car is broke. 
 C                             Em       D                         D       GDon’t sing with a fake British accent. Don’t act like your family’s a joke. 
 C                              G          C                       GHave fun, but stay clear of the needle, call home on your sister’s birthday.
 G                                Em                        Am G EmDon’t tell them you’re bigger than Jesus, Don’t give it away. 
 Em                Am G Em    Don’t give it away.