Cast Iron Skillet chords by Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: D

Chorus:
D              G/F#      G
Don't wash the cast iron skillet
D                G/F#        G         G/A
Don't drink and drive, you'll spill it
G/B   G/A          G                                D
Don't ask too many questions or you'll never get to sleep
              G/F#        G
There's a hole inside you, fill it




Verse 1:
D                  G/F#
Shower up and shave
    G
Put flowers on the grave
            G/B              G/A
And ask the Lord to save his soul
             G
Although you know it's too late
D            G/F#     G
Was it 27 times, or was it 29?
            G/B             G/A
I heard the blade broke off inside the man
       G
And he took a while to die
D                     G/F#
How did he get so low?
G

Seems like just a week ago
        G/B              G/A G
We were 10 and 12 years old
D                     G/F#
He was sweet and soft
G
Shied away from the inside fastballs
    G/B        G/A                G
And died doing life without parole


Chorus:
D                G/F#   G
Don't wash the cast iron skillet
D                   G/F#   G        G/A
That dog bites my kid, I'll kill it
G/B   G/A                   G
Don't walk where you can't see your feet
D                  G/F#     G
Don't ask questions just believe it


Verse 2:
D                       G/F#
Jamie found a boyfriend
     G
With smiling eyes and dark skin
        G/B         G/A           G
And her daddy never spoke another word to her again
D                            G/F#
The old man at the Quickstop
G
Lying to the county cops
    G/B               G/A              G
And laughing like his soul was without sin
D                      G/F#
How did he get so low?
G
Seems like just a week ago
        G/B             G/A                G
She was sitting on your shoulders watching fireworks in the sky
D                          G/F#
He treats her like a queen
G
But you don't know 'cause you ain't seen
     G/B                G/A               G
It's hard to go through life without your daddy by your side


Chorus:
D               G/F#      G
Don't wash the cast iron skillet
D                     G/F#      G      G/A
This town won't get no better, will it
G/B       G/A             G
She found love and it was simple as a weathervane
D                       G
Her own family tried to kill him
D                 G/F#   G
Don't wash the cast iron skillet
D                 G/F#   G
Don't wash the cast iron skillet
D                 G/F#   G
Don't wash the cast iron



D:   x0023x
G/F# 2x003x
G:   3x003x
G/B: x2003x
G/A: x0003x