Driver 8 chords by Jason Isbell

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Key: E minorEm

🎸 Intro:
E minorEm A minorAm G+G D/F#D/F#
E minorEm A minorAm G+G D/F#D/F#
see Riff 1 below:


🎸 Verse:
E minorEm       A minorAm    G+G    D/F#D/F#
 The walls are built up, stone by stone,
  E minorEm     A minorAm       G+G  D/F#D/F#
The fields are divided one by one.
    E minorEm       A minorAm
And the train conductor says,
    G+G      D/F#D/F#
"Take a break Driver 8,
    E minorEm    A minorAm
Driver 8, take a break
      G+G         D/F#D/F#
We've been on this shift too long."

🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD    C majorC        D MajorD
 And the train conductor says,
    C majorC       D MajorD
"Take a break Driver 8,
    C majorC    D MajorD
Driver 8 take a break,
    C majorC       E minorEm
We can reach our destination,
see Riff 2 below:
            E minorEm
but we're still a ways away,
            E minorEm
but it’s still a ways away."

🎸 Verse:
E minorEm    A minorAm        G+G
 I saw a treehouse on the outskirts
      D/F#D/F#
of the farm.
  E minorEm        A minorAm
The power lines have floaters so the
G+G          D/F#D/F#
airplanes won't get snagged.
  E minorEm        A minorAm
The bells are ringing through
     G+G  D/F#D/F#
the town again.
  E minorEm          A minorAm
The children look up, and all they hear
  G+G     D/F#D/F#
is sky-blue, bells ringing.

🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD    C majorC        D MajorD
 And the train conductor says,
    C majorC      D MajorD
"Take a break Driver 8,
    C majorC    D MajorD
Driver 8 take a break,
    C majorC       E minorEm
We can reach our destination,
see Riff 2 below:
            E minorEm
but we're still a ways away.
            E minorEm
but it’s still a ways away.
            E minorEm
but we're still a ways away.
            A minorAm
but it’s still a ways away."

🎸 Bridge:
A minorAm             C majorC
 A augmentedA way to shield the hated heat.
  G+G          D MajorD
 A augmentedA way to put myself to sleep.
A minorAm             C majorC
 A augmentedA way to shield the hated heat.
G+G
 A augmentedA way to put myself, and my
D MajorD
children to sleep.

Break:
E minorEm A minorAm G+G D MajorD
E minorEm A minorAm G+G D MajorD
see Riff 1 below:

  E minorEm        A minorAm
He piloted this song,
   G+G     D/F#D/F#
in a plane like that one.
E minorEm       A minorAm
She is selling faith on the
G+G     D/F#D/F#
Go Tell crusade.
E minorEm     A minorAm     G+G
Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent,
     D/F#D/F#
hear the bells ring again.
E minorEm       A minorAm        G+G  D/F#D/F#
  The field of wheat is lookin' thin

🎸 Chorus:
D MajorD    C majorC        D MajorD
 And the train conductor says,
    C majorC      D MajorD
"Take a break Driver 8,
    C majorC    D MajorD
Driver 8 take a break,
      C majorC         D MajorD
We've been on this shift too long."
    C majorC        D MajorD
And the train conductor says,
    C majorC      D MajorD
"Take a break Driver 8,
    C majorC    D MajorD
Driver 8 take a break
    C majorC       E minorEm
We can reach our destination,
see Riff 2 below:
            E minorEm
but we're still a ways away,
            E minorEm
but it’s still a ways away,
            E minorEm
but we're still a ways away,
            E minorEm
but it’s still a ways away."


Intro Riff 1:
    E minorEm  A minorAm    G+G   D MajorD
G+G|-------------------4----0---0---0--0--|
D MajorD|--------------s4/5----5---5---4---2---|
A augmentedA|-------2-0-2-3------------------------|
E MajorE|0-0-2-3-------------------------------|

Riff 2:
E minorEm
D MajorD|---0---0---0---0--
A augmentedA|--2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
E MajorE|-0---2---3---2---0