Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Cast Iron Skillet Chords

Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit – Cast Iron Skillet Chords

ChordsDG/F#GG/AG/B

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

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[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
I heard the blade
           G/A
 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
And died doing life
               G
without parole

[Chorus]
D                G/F#   G
Don't wash the cast iron skillet
D                   G/F#
That dog bites my kid,
   G        G/A
I'll kill it
G/B   G/A
Don't walk where

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            G
you can't see your feet
D                  G/F#
Don't ask questions just
   G
 believe it

[Verse 2]
D                       G/F#
Jamie found a boyfriend
     G
With smiling eyes and dark skin
        G/B         G/A
And her daddy never spoke
         G
 another word to her again
D                            G/F#
The old man at the Quickstop
G
Lying to the county cops
    G/B               G/A
And laughing like his soul
              G
was without sin
D                      G/F#
How did he get so low?
G
Seems like just a week ago
        G/B
She was sitting on your
 G/A                G
 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
It's hard to go through life
              G
without your daddy by your side

[Chorus]
D               G/F#      G
Don't wash the cast iron skillet
D
This town won't get
  G/F#      G      G/A
no better, will it
G/B       G/A
She found love and it was
 G
 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

How to play Cast Iron Skillet: key, chords and progression

These are chords by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Cast Iron Skillet by Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit uses 5 chords: D, G/F#, G, G/A and G/B.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D

Cast Iron Skillet chords: questions

What chords are in Cast Iron Skillet?

Cast Iron Skillet uses 5 chords: D, G/F#, G, G/A, G/B.

Is Cast Iron Skillet easy to play on guitar?

Yes. Every chord is an open chord, so it suits beginners.

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