Drive (For Daddy Gene) chords by Alan Jackson (Official Version)
Intro 1
B
B
Bsus4
B
B
Bsus4
Verse 1
B
F#
It was painted red the stripe was white
E
It was eighteen feet
from the bow to the stern light
B
F#
Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta
E
I rode up with daddy
when he went there to get her
B
F#
We put on a shine, put on a motor
E
Built out of love, made for the water
B
Ran her for years,
F#
'til the transom got rotten
E
A piece of my childhood
that will never be forgotten
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Chorus 1
B
F#
It was just on old plywood boat
E
With a '75 Johnson with electric choke
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 turn her sharp
F#
And I would make her whine
E
He'd say, "you can't beat
the way an old wood boat rides"
G#m
C#7
Just a little lake across the Alabama line
E
But I was king of the ocean
F#
When daddy let me
Interlude 1
B
F#
E
F#
(drive)
Verse 2
B
F#
Just an old half ton shortbed ford
E
My uncle bought new in '64
B
Daddy got it right
F#
'cause the engine was smoking
E
A couple of burnt valves
and he had it going
B
He'd let me drive her
F#
when we'd haul off a load
E
Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash
off of Thigpen Road
B
I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my
F#
feet out to the pedals
E
Smiling like a hero
that just received his medal
Chorus 2
B
F#
It was just on old hand-me-down Ford
E
With a 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#
And I would keep it right
E
And 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
But I was Mario Andretti
F#
When daddy let me
Solo 1
B
F#
E
F#
(drive)
B
F#
E
F#sus4
F#
Verse 3
B
I'm grown up now
F#
three daughters of my own
E
I let them drive my old Jeep
across the pasture at our home
B
Maybe one day
F#
they'll reach back in their file
E
And pull out that old memory
Chorus 3
And think of me and smile and say
B
F#
It was just on old worn out Jeep
E
Rusty old floorboard, 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
Just a little valley
C#7
by the river where we'd ride
E
F#
But I was high on a mountain
B
F#
When daddy let me drive
E
F#
When daddy let me drive
B
F#
Oh he let me drive
E
F#sus4
F#
Outro 1
B
F#
She's just an old plywood boat
E
With a '75 Johnson with electric choke
B
Drive (For Daddy Gene)
Alan Jackson
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