Drive For Daddy Gene chords by Alan Jackson

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:

G+G


Verse 1:

G+G          D MajorD
 It was painted red, the stripe was white
    C majorC
It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light
G+G          D MajorD
 Second hand from a dealer in Atlanta
  C majorC
I rode up with daddy when he went there to get 'er
G+G       D MajorD
 Put on a shine put on a motor
 C majorC
Built out of love and made for the water
G+G               D MajorD
 Ran her for years 'till the transom got rotten
  C majorC               C majorC N.C.
A augmentedA piece of my childhood that'll never be forgotten

Chorus:

   G+G       D MajorD
It was just an old plywood boat
    C majorC
With a seventy-five Johnson with electric choke
G+G         D MajorD
 A augmentedA young boy two hands on the wheel
C majorC
 I can't replace the way it made me feel
      G+G            D MajorD
And I would turn her sharp and I'd make it wide
    C majorC
And he'd say you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides
E minorEm               A augmentedA
 Just a little lake 'cross the Alabama line
      C majorC        D MajorD         G+G   D MajorD  C majorC  D MajorD
But I was king of the ocean when daddy let me drive


Verse 2:

G+G            D MajorD
 Just an old half-ton short bed Ford
  C majorC
My uncle bought new in sixty-four
 G+G              D MajorD
Daddy got it right 'cause the engine was smokin'
C majorC
 A augmentedA couple of burnt valves and he had it goin'
G+G                D MajorD
 He'd let me drive her and we'd haul off a load
    C majorC
Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen road
   G+G                D MajorD
I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals
 C majorC
Smilin' like a hero that just received his medal

Chorus:

   G+G       D MajorD
It was just an old hand-me-down Ford
     C majorC
With a three speed on the column and a dent in the door
G+G         D MajorD
 A augmentedA young boy two hands on the wheel
C majorC
 I can't replace the way it made me feel
    G+G             D MajorD
I would press that clutch and I'd keep it right
      C majorC
And he'd say a little slower son you're doin' just fine
E minorEm            A augmentedA              C majorC
 Just a dirt road with trash on each side but I was Mario Andretti
D MajorD         G+G
 When daddy let me drive


Interlude:

(G+G)  |D MajorD  |C majorC   |D MajorD  ||x2  D MajorD


Bridge:

G+G             D MajorD
 I'm grown up now three daughters of my own
  C majorC
 I let 'em drive my old jeep 'cross the pasture at our home
G+G            D MajorD
 Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file
   C majorC N.C.            C majorC  N.C.
 And pull out that old mem'ry and think of me and smile


Chorus:

    G+G          D MajorD
And say it was just an old worn out jeep
 C majorC
Rusty old floor boards hot on my feet
G+G         D MajorD
 A augmentedA young girl two hands on the wheel
C majorC
 I can't replace the way it made me feel
       G+G          D MajorD
 And he'd say turn it left and steer it right
  C majorC
 Straighten up girl now you're doin' just fine
E minorEm              A augmentedA
 Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride
      C majorC        D MajorD         G+G
 But I was high on a mountain when daddy let me drive
D MajorD         C majorC  D MajorD       G+G   D MajorD  C majorC   D MajorD
  daddy let me drive  oh he let me drive

G+G          D MajorD
 She’s just an old plywood boat
    C majorC                    G+G
With a seventy-five Johnson with electric choke