The Beatles

The Beatles - Drive My Car guitar tab

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Subject: TAB: Drive My Car

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Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:54:29 GMT

Drive My Car

(Lennon/McCartney)

Intro:

D

-|---------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------6b(7)-----7--7--5-----5--7----------------

-|-----5--5b(7)--5------------5--7--7--5-----5--7----------------

-|--7---------------7---------------------7----------------------

-|---------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------------------------------------------------

Verse:

Asked a girl what she wanted to be

D G

-|---------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------------------------------------------------

-|-----------------7---------------------------------------------

-|--5---------7/9-----9\7--5---------------------5---------------

-|-----------------------------3------------5/7-----7\5--3-------

She said baby Can't you see

D G

-|---------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------------------------------------------------

-|-----------------7---------------------------------------------

-|--5---------7/9-----9\7--5---------------------5---------------

-|-----------------------------3------------5/7-----7\5--3-------

I wanna be famous a star of the screen

D G

-|----------------------------------------------------------------

-|----------------------------------------------------------------

-|----------------------------------------------------------------

-|--------------------7-------------------------------------------

-|--5------------7/9-----9\7--5------------------------5----------

-|--------------------------------3---------------5/7-----7\5--3--

But you can do something in between

A Bm

-|----------------------------------------------------------------

-|----------------------------------------------------------------

-|----------------------------------------------------------------

-|----------------------------------------------------------------

-|-----------7--7-----7--7----------------7--9--7-----------------

-|-----------5--5-----5--5-----------7/9-----------9--7-----------

Chorus:

Bm A G A

Baby you can drive my car (see note)

-|------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------------------3-----5--6--5-----3--------

-|---------------------------------4-----5--7--5-----4--------

-|--9-----9--------9------9--7--5-----5-----5-----5--7--------

-|--9-----9--------9------9--7--5-----5-----5-----5--7--------

-|--7-----7--------7------7--5--3-----3-----3-----3--5--------

Bm A G A

Yes I'm gonna be a star

-|---------------------------------------------------------

-|------------------------------3-----5--6--5-----3--------

-|------------------------------4-----5--7--5-----4--------

-|--9-------9-----9----9--7--5-----5-----5-----5--7--------

-|--9-------9-----9----9--7--5-----5-----5-----5--7--------

-|--7-------7-----7----7--5--3-----3-----3-----3--5--------

Bm

Baby you can drive my car

-|--------------------------------

-|--------------------------------

-|--------------------------------

-|--9-----9--------9-----9--------

-|--9-----9--------9-----9--------

-|--7-----7--------7-----7--------

Em A D G A

And baby I love you

-|---------------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------0-----------5--5-------5------------------7--9--7-----

-|--0--2--3--0------3--2--0--------5/7-----7\5--3--5--7/9-----------9--

Verse:

Told that girl that my prospects were good

She said baby, it's understood

Working for peanuts is all very fine

But I can show you a better time

Repeat Chorus:

A D

Beep beep 'm beep beep YEAH!

Guitar solo:

D G

-|------------b(10)8-------------------------------

-|-----------------------b(10)8--6--8--8--8--6--8--

-|-----6b(7)----------7----------------------------

-|--7----------------------------------------------

-|-------------------------------------------------

-|-------------------------------------------------

D G

-|------------b(10)8-------------------------------

-|-----------------------b(10)8--6--8--8--8--6-----

-|-----6b(7)----------7-------------------------7--

-|--7----------------------------------------------

-|-------------------------------------------------

-|-------------------------------------------------

D G

-|------------b(10)8-------------------------------

-|-----------------------b(10)8--6--8--8--8--6--8--

-|-----6b(7)----------7----------------------------

-|--7----------------------------------------------

-|-------------------------------------------------

-|-------------------------------------------------

A Bm

-|----------------------------------------------------------

-|--10--10b(13)--13--13b(15)--15--15b(18)--B(18)15--13--15--

-|----------------------------------------------------------

-|----------------------------------------------------------

-|----------------------------------------------------------

-|----------------------------------------------------------

Repeat chorus:

Verse:

Told that girl I could start right away

She said listen to me baby I got something to say

I got no car and it's breaking my heart

But I got a driver and that's a start

Repeat chorus:

Ending (repeat to fade):

D G A

Beep beep 'm beep beep YEAH!

-|---------------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------------------------------------------------------

-|---------------------------------------------------------------------

-|--------------------------5--------5------------------7--9--7-----5--

-|------------------------------5/7-----7\5--3--5--7/9-----------9-----

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Miscellaneous info:

Note: In the transcription of the chorus, the moving parallel thirds

on the 2nd and 3rd strings are the piano part, presented for

information and completeness. I don't mean to suggest that

both parts be played by one guitarist (certainly not when it

gets to the [35576-]).

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Tab Special Notations:

----0---- play the open string ('fret zero')

----5---- play fret five

----5~--- play fret five with vibrato

---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven

---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five

--8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach

the pitch of fret nine

--b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,

unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight

----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven

----p5--- pull-off to fret five

---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is

undefined, judge by ear)

---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is

undefined, judge by ear)

---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret

three

---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five

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