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Drive For Daddy Gene - Alan Jackson

[Intro]
[G]

Verse 1:
[G] It was painted red, [D] the stripe was white It was [C] eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light
[G] Second hand from a [D] dealer in Atlanta I [C] rode up with daddy when he went there to get 'er
[G] Put on a shine [D] put on a motor Built [C] out of love and made for the water
[G] Ran her for years 'till the [D] transom got rotten A [C] piece of my childhood that'll 
[C] never [NC] be forgotten

|[Chorus 1]
|It was [G] just an old [D] plywood boat With a [C] seventy-five Johnson with electric choke
|[G] A young boy two [D] hands on the wheel [C] I can't replace the way it made me feel
|And I would [G] turn her sharp and I'd [D] make it wide
|And he'd [C] say you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides
|[Em] Just a little lake 'cross the [A] Alabama line
|But I was [C] king of the ocean [D] when daddy let me [G] drive [D] [C] [D]

Verse 2:
[G] Just an old half-ton [D] short bed Ford My [C] uncle bought new in sixty-four
[G] Daddy got it right 'cause the [D] engine was smokin' 
[C] A couple of burnt valves and he had it goin'
[G] He'd let me drive her and we'd [D] haul off a load Down a 
[C] dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen road
I'd [G] sit up in the seat and stretch my [Dm] feet out to the pedals 
[C] Smilin' like a hero that just received his medal

|[Chorus 2]
|It was [G] just an old [D] hand-me-down Ford 
|With a [C] three speed on the column and a dent in the door
|[G] A young boy two [D] hands on the wheel [C] I can't replace the way it made me feel
|I would [G] press that clutch and I'd [D] keep it right 
|And he'd say [C] a little slower son you're doin' just fine
|[Em] Just a dirt road with [A] trash on each side but I was [C] Mario Andretti
|[D] When daddy let me [G] drive

Instrumental:
[G] [D] [C] [D] x2 [D]

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

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

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

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