Drive For Daddy Gene chords by Alan Jackson

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

G


Verse 1:

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

Chorus:

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


Verse 2:

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


Chorus:

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


Interlude:

(G)  |D  |C   |D  ||x2  D


Bridge:

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


Chorus:

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

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