Exploration of the resonances Zc(3900) and Z(4430) are performed by assuming that they are ground-state and first radial excitation of the same tetraquark with J P = 1 + . The mass and current coupling of the Zc(3900) and Z(4430) states are calculated using QCD two-point sum rule method by taking into account vacuum condensates up to eight dimensions. We investigate the vertices ZcM h M l and ZM h M l , with M h and M l being the heavy and light mesons, and evaluate the strong couplings gZ cMhMl and gZM h M l using QCD sum rule on the light cone. The extracted couplings allow us to find the partial width of the decays Zc(3900) → J/ψπ; ψ ′ π; ηcρ and Z(4430) → ψ ′ π; J/ψπ; η ′ c ρ; ηcρ, which may help in comprehensive investigation of these resonances. We compare width of the decays of Zc(3900) and Z(4430) resonances with available experimental data as well as existing theoretical predictions.