Drive For Daddy Gene chords

Capo on 2nd fret

[INTRO]
[A]

[VERSE]
[A]Was painted red, the st[E]ripe was white,
It was [D]18 feet from the bow to the stern light.
[A]Second hand from a [E]dealer in Atlanta,
I [D]rode up with Daddy when he went there to get her.
[A]Put on a shine,[E] put on the motor,
[D]Built out of love, made for the water.
[A]Ran her for years 'til the [E]transom got rotten,
A [D]piece of my childhood that'll never be forgotten. It was,

[CHORUS]
It was, [A]Just an old [E]plywood boat,
With a '[D]75 Johnson, with electric choke.
[A]A young boy, two [E]hands on the wheel,
[D]I can't replace the way it made me feel,
And I would [A]turn her sharp and I'd,[E] make it whine,
He'd say,[D] you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides.
[B]Just a little lake across the Alabama line,
But I was [D]king of the ocean,[E] when daddy let me[A] drive[E] . [D] [E]

[VERSE]
[A]Just an old half-ton [E]short bed Ford,
My [D]uncle bought it new in '64.
[A]Daddy got it right ', 'cause the[E] engine was smokin',
[D]Couple of burnt valves and he had it goin'.
[A]He'd let me drive her and we'd [E]haul off a load,
Down a [D]dirt strip where we'd dump trash, off of thigpen road.
I'd [A]sit up in the seat, and stretch my [E]feet out to the pedals,
[D]Smilin' like a hero that just received his medal. It was,

[VERSE]
[A]Just an old [E]hand-me down Ford,
With [D]3-speed on the column, and a dent in the door.
[A]A young boy, two [E]hands on the wheel,
[D]I can't replace the way it made me feel,
And I would [A]press that clutch, and I'd [E]keep it right,
And he'd say,[D] a little slower son, you're doin' just fine.
[B]Just a dirt road with trash on each side,
But I was [D]Mario Andretti[E] when daddy let me[A] drive.

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[E] [D] [E] [A] [E] [D] [E]

[BRIDGE]
[A]I'm grown up now, three [E]daughters of my own.
I [D]let 'em drive my old jeep 'cross the pasture at our home.
[A]Maybe one day, they'll [E]reach back in their file,
And [D]pull out that old memory, and think of me and smile, and say,

[CHORUS]
[A]It was just an old [E]worn out jeep,
With [D]rusty old floorboards that were hot on my feet.
[A]A young girl, two [E]hands on the wheel,
[D]I can't replace the way it made me feel,
And he'd say, [A]turn it left and [E]steer it right,
[D]Straighten up girl now, you're doin' just fine.
[B]Just a little valley, by the river where we'd ride,
But I was [D]high on a mountain,[E] when Daddy let me[A] drive.
[E]When Daddy let me[D] drive.[E]
Oh he let me [A]drive.[E] [D] [E]

[OUTRO]
[A]She's just an old [E]plywood boat,
With a '[D]75 Johnson, with electric choke....[A]