Drive Chords by Alan Jackson

[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]