Drive Chords by Alan Jackson
- Key: B
- BPM: 125
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
DRIVE CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] B F# ■ Was painted red the stripe was white E B It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light ■ F# Second hand from a dealer in Atlanta E I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her B F# ■ Put on a shine put on a motor E Built out of love and made for the water B F# Ran her for years 'til the transom got rotten E E A piece of my childhood it'll never be forgotten [Chorus] B F# It was just an old plywood boat E With a 'seventyfive Johnson with electric choke B F# A young boy two hands on the wheel E I can't replace the way it make me feel B And I would turn her sharp F# And I'd make it whine E He'd say You can't beat the way an old wood boat rides G#m C#7 Just a little lake 'cross the Alabama line E F# But I was king of the ocean ■ B F# E When daddy let me drive ■ [Verse] F# B F# ■ Just an old half ton short bed Ford E My uncle bought new in 'sixtyfour B F# And daddy got it right 'cause the engine was smoking E Couple of burned valves and he had it going B F# He'd let me drive her we'd haul off a load E Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen Road B F# I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals E B Smiling like a hero that just received his medal [Chorus] F# It was just an old hand me down Ford E With three speed on the column and a dent in the door B F# ■ A young boy two hands on the wheel E ■ I can't replace the way it made me feel B And I would press that clutch F# D#m And I'd keep it right E He'd say A little slower son you're doing just fine G#m C#7 Just a dirt road with trash on each side E F# But I was Mario Andretti ■ B When daddy let me ■ drive [Bridge] E F# B F# E F# B ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ F# I'm grown up now three daughters of my own E I let 'em drive my old Jeep 'cross the pasture at our home B F# ■ Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file E And pull out that old memory E And think of me and smile and say [Chorus] B F# It was just an old worn out Jeep E Rusty old floorboards hot on my feet B F# A young girl two hands on the wheel E I can't replace the way it made me feel B F# And he'd say Turn it left and steer it right E Straighten up girl now you're doing just fine G#m C#7 Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride E F# But I was high on a mountain ■ D#m7 B F# When daddy let me drive E F# When daddy let me drive ■ B D#m E F# Oh he let me drive ■ ■ [Outro] B F# E ■ She's just an old plywood boat B With a 'seventyfive Johnson with electric choke ■ [End]