A
Palmetto rose in the AC vent
Cross stitched pillow where the head rest went
D
Said his cab was his orneriest friend
A
Left him jumping like trees in the wind
A
Thought he had the red lights memorized
Glass in the gravel like the stars in the sky
D
In that slow motion minute between living and dead
A
Looked in my eyes and he told me, he said
ADA
This war that I wage to get up every day
EA
It's a fiberglass boat, it's azaleas in May
F#mEDA
It's the women I love and the law that I hate
DA
Lord let me die in the Iodine State
EA
Lord let me die in the Iodine State
(During the last part of the Chorus, mimic the vocal melody with something like this:
A
Palmetto rose in the sidewalk mud
Pearly white stem and a big green bud
D
Catch him coming out of a King Street store
A
Bullshit story about the Civil War
A
You can believe what you want to believe
But there ain't no making up a basket weave
D
Everybody in the tri-county knows
A
Who makes the best palmetto rose
ADA
This war that I wage to get up every day
EA
It's a fiberglass boat, it's azaleas in May
F#mEDA
It's the women I love and the law that I hate
DA
Lord let me die in the Iodine State
EA
Lord let me die in the Iodine State
Violin: F#mEDADA
Out on Sullivan's Island, they're swimming
DA
On the beach where the big boats rolled in
DA
With the earliest slaves, women and children
E
Our first American kin
DA
Here on King Street we're selling our roses
DA
Two for a five dollar bill
DA
And tonight after everything closes
E
I'll follow my own free will
F#mEDA
And I've taken my fill
F#mEDA
I've taken my fill
D
During the verses, mess around with the honky tonk in A. Honky tonk is about teasing
the minor over a major progression. Something like: