E
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[VERSE 1]
           B                          E
Pulled the engine, with the block and chain
                 A                   E
Got the oil pump in, just before the rain
              B                  E
In the gravel drive, it's a Pontiac
       A                             B
On the weekend you'll find me at the track

[VERSE 2]
                B                   E
It's a seventy-four, Dad bought it new
             A                      E
Still mostly stock, and it's rusted through
       B                        E
I only worry, 'bout what's underneath
         A                               B
What she looks like don't mean a damn to me

[CHORUS]
                 A                    E
'Cause you don't need, that flash and shine
         B                       E
You just need to be hard off the line
             A                   C#m
So keep your lacquer, chrome and flames
B                      E
I'll paint mine primer gray

[VERSE 3]
             B                         E
Some men are rich, and they'll let you know
              A                 E
Some guys act tough, it's all a show
           B                  E
I know the things, men hold inside
      A                                        B
We're all about the same when you turn out the lights

[CHORUS]
                 A                    E
'Cause you don't need, that flash and shine
         B                       E
You just need to be hard off the line
             A                   C#m
So keep your lacquer, chrome and flames
B                      E
I'll paint mine primer gray

[BRIDGE]
B                               E
Dad was pretty fast back in the day
B                           E
Bring that trophy home now, Mama used to say
     A                                E
It'd sit there on the shelf gathering dust
              B                   E
Luck turns to loss, and chrome to rust

[G  O]
B          E          B          E
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A          E          B          E
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[VERSE 4]
              B                 E
I've got that car, detailed and tuned
            A                      E
My boy's sixteen, he'll be driving soon
             B                       E
But he won't drive, that old seventy-four
A                                  B
Kids today they all want something more

[FINAL CHORUS]
                 A                    E
'Cause you don't need, that flash and shine
         B                       E
You just need to be hard off the line
             A                   C#m
So keep your lacquer, chrome and flames
B                      E
I'll paint mine primer gray
              A                C#m
It's what you do, not what you say
B                      E
I'll paint mine primer gray