Drive For Daddy Gene by Alan Jackson, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Drive For Daddy Gene

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Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 14 studio albums, three Greatest Hits albums, two Christmas albums, one Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista Nashville label. More than 50 of his singles have appeared on Billboard's list of the "Top 30 Country Songs". Of Jackson's entries, 35 were number-one hits, with 50 in the Top 10.

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[Intro]

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[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]

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[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