Outfit chords by Jason Isbell

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC G+G

Verse 1:
 C majorC              G+G
You want to grow up to paint houses like me,
    D MajorD            C majorC   G+G
with a trailer in my yard till you're 23
    C majorC           G+G
And you want to feel old after 42 years,
   D MajorD            C majorC      G+G
keep dropping the hammer and grinding the gears

Verse 2:
    D MajorD          C majorC    G+G
Well, I used to go out in a Mustang
 D MajorD        C majorC   G+G
a 302 Mach One in green
   D MajorD           C majorC     G+G
Till' Me and your mama made you in the back
   D MajorD          C majorC  G+G
and I sold it to buy her a ring

Verse 3:
   C majorC             G+G
And I learned not to say much of nothing
   C majorC          G+G
so I figured you already know
  C majorC          E minorEm
but in case you don’t or maybe forgot
   D MajorD            C majorC
I’ll lay it out real nice and slow

Chorus:
   C majorC             G+G
Don’t call what your wearing an outfit.
   C majorC          G+G
Don’t ever say your car is broke
     C majorC            E minorEm
And don’t worry about losing your accent
    D MajorD             C majorC
cause a Southern Man tells better jokes
   C majorC             G+G
Have fun and stay clear of the needle
   C majorC             G+G
Call home on your sister’s birthday
   C majorC               E minorEm
Don’t tell them you’re bigger than Jesus
        A minorAm G+G E minorEm
don’t give it away
        A minorAm G+G E minorEm
don’t give it away

Verse 4:
   D MajorD            C majorC   G+G
Five years in a St. Florian foundry,
   D MajorD          C majorC  G+G
they call it Industrial Park.
     D MajorD             C majorC    G+G
I worked hospital maintenance and Tech School
    D MajorD          C majorC    G+G
just to memorize Frigidaire parts.

Verse 5:
  C majorC           G+G
But I got to missing your Mama
  C majorC          G+G
and I got to missing you too.
   C majorC             E minorEm
So I went back to painting for my old man
   D MajorD               C majorC
and I guess that’s what I’ll always do

Verse 6:
  C majorC             G+G
So don’t let'em take who you are boy
  C majorC            G+G
and don’t try to be who you ain’t.
  C majorC             E minorEm
And don’t let me catch you in Kendale
    D MajorD            C majorC
with a bucket of wealthy-man’s paint.

Chorus:
   C majorC             G+G
Don’t call what your wearing an outfit.
   C majorC          G+G
Don’t ever say your car is broke.
   C majorC            E minorEm
Don’t sing with a fake British accent.
       D MajorD            C majorC
Boy and don’t act like your family’s a joke.
   C majorC             G+G
Have fun, and stay clear of the needle
   C majorC           G+G
call home on your sister’s birthday.
   C majorC              E minorEm
Don’t tell them you’re bigger than Jesus
        A minorAm G+G E minorEm
Don’t give it away.
        A minorAm G+G E minorEm