Alan Jackson

Alan Jackson - Drive3 guitar chord

Band: Alan Jackson

Song: Drive (For Daddy Gene) (Chord)

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Alan Jackson - Drive (For Daddy Gene)

Capo 4 (G)

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G D

Was painted red, the stripe was white,

C

It was 18 feet from bow to stern light.

G D

Second hand from a dealer in Atlanta,

C C(stop)

I rode up with Daddy when he went there to get her.

G D

Put on a shine, put on the motor,

C

Built out of love, made for water.

G D

Ran her for years 'til the transom got rotten,

C(stop) C(stop)

A piece of my childhood will never be forgotten. It was,

G D

Just an old plywood boat,

C

a '75 Johnson, electric choke.

G D

A young boy, two hands on the wheel,

C

I can't replace the way it made me feel,

G D

And I would turn her sharp and I'd make it whine,

C

He'd say you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides.

Em A

Just a little lake across the Alabama line,

C C G D C D

But I was king of the ocean, when daddy let me drive.

G D

Just an old half-ton short bed Ford,

C

My uncle bought new in '64.

G D

Daddy got it ridin', 'cause the engine was smokin',

C

Couple of burnt valves and he had it goin'.

G D

He'd let me drive her and we'd haul off a load,

C

Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash, off of Thigpen Road.

G D

I'd sit up in the seat, and stretch my feet out to the pedals,

C(stop) C(stop)

Smilin' like a hero that just received his medal. It was,

G D

Just an old hand-me down Ford,

C

With 3-speed on the column, and a dent in the door.

G D

A young boy, two hands on the wheel,

C

I can't replace the way it made me feel,

G D

And I would press that clutch, and I'd keep it right,

C

And he'd say, a little slower son, you're doin' just fine.

Em A

Just a dirt road with trash on each side,

C D G

But I was Mario Andretti when daddy let me drive.

D C D G D C D

INSTRUMENTAL

G D

I'm grown up now, three daughters of my own.

C

I let 'em drive my old jeep 'cross the pasture at our home.

G D

Maybe one day, they'll reach back in their file,

C(stop) C(stop)

And pull out that old memory, and think of me and smile, and say,

G D

It was just an old worn out jeep,

C

With rusty old floorboards hot on my feet.

G D

A young girl, two hands on the wheel,

C

I can't replace the way it made me feel,

G D

And he'd say, turn it left and steer it right,

C

Straighten up girl now, you're doin' just fine.

Em A

Just a little valley, by the river where we'd ride,

C D G

But I was high on a mountain, when Daddy let me drive.

D C D

When Daddy let me drive.

G D C D D(stop)

Oh he let me drive.

G D

She's just an old plywood boat,

C G

With a '75 Johnson, with electric choke....

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