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Driving with the brakes on -- Del Amitri
Capo on 1st fret
Legend: Dmaj7 : xx0222 (played alternately with D)
D : xx0232
B(add?) : 224422 (played alternately with Bm)
Bm : 224432
G : 320022
A : x02220
[D]Driving through the long night
Trying to figure who's rigth and who's [Bm]wrong
Now the kid has [D]gone. I sit belted up tight.
She sucks on a match light, glowing [Bm]bronze, steering [D]on.
And I [G]might be more a man if I [A]stopped this in it's tracks
And said come [Bm]on, let's go [D]home. But [G]she's got the wheel.
And [A]I've got nothing except what I have [D]on.[G]
CHORUS:
When you're driving with the [D]brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're [Bm]boots on.
It's hard to say you love [G]someone[A]
And it's hard to say you [Bm]don't.[G][A]
Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from
The thing we've done.
She shuts up the ashtray and I say it's a long way back now hon
And she just yawns. And we might get lost someplace
So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come
But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on.
When you're driving with the brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're boots on.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
But unless the moon [D]falls tonight,[Bm] [G] unless continents col[Bm]lide.[G][D]
Nothing's gonna [Bm]make me[G] [A] break from her [Bm]side.[G][A]
When you're driving with the [D]brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're [Bm]boots on.
It's hard to say you love [G]someone[A]
And it's hard to say you [Bm]don't.[G][A]
It's hard to say you love [G]someone[A]
And it's hard to say you [Bm]don't.[G][D]
(End on D)
Driving with the brakes on -- Del Amitri
0D
This is the way Justin played it in concert when I reviewed the show.
Capo on 3rd fret
0D
Where the C and Am chords are played the B-string is alternately tapped.
That is, the first fret of of the second string alternates between being
left opena nd being fingered every half measure, creating the rhythm. I
t's fairly obvious from the disc and isn't too hard to get the hang of.
I wasn't paying too close attention to how it was played, but the chords
should be right and if you listen to the disc and hear some variations th
en I probably screwed up. Hey, sue me. But is sounds right to me.
0D
[C]Driving through the long night
Trying to figure who's rigth and who's [Am]wrong
Now the kid has gone. [C]I sit belted up tight.
Am
She sucks on a match light, glowing bronze, steering on.
And I [F]might be more a man if I [G]stopped this in it's tracks
And said come [Am]on, let's go [C]home. But [F]she's got the wheel.
And [G]I've got nothing except what I have [Am]on.[F]
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CHORUS:
When you're driving with the b[C]rakes on.
When you're swimming with you're [Am]boots on.
It's hard to say you love so[F]meone[G]
And it's hard to say you don't.[Am][F]
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Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from
The thing we've done.
She shuts up the ashtray and I say it's a long way back now hon
And she just yawns. And we might get lost someplace
So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come
But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on.
0D
When you're driving with the brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're boots on.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
0D
But unless the moon [C]falls tonight,[Am] [F] unless continents coll[Am]ide.[F][C]
Nothing's gonna [Am]make me[F] [G] break from her [Am]side.[F][G]
0D
When you're driving with the [C]brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're [Am]boots on.
It's hard to say you love s[F]omeone[G]
And it's hard to say you [Am]don't.[F][G]
It's hard to say you love s[F]omeone[G]
And it's hard to say you don't.[Am][F][C]
0D
Driving with the brakes on -- Del Amitri
Capo on 1st fret
Legend: Dmaj7 : xx0222 (played alternately with D)
D : xx0232
B(add?) : 224422 (played alternately with Bm)
Bm : 224432
G : 320022
A : x02220
[D]Driving through the long night
Trying to figure who's rigth and who's [Bm]wrong
Now the kid has [D]gone. I sit belted up tight.
She sucks on a match light, glowing [Bm]bronze, steering [D]on.
And I [G]might be more a man if I [A]stopped this in it's tracks
And said come [Bm]on, let's go [D]home. But [G]she's got the wheel.
And [A]I've got nothing except what I have [D]on.[G]
CHORUS:
When you're driving with the [D]brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're [Bm]boots on.
It's hard to say you love [G]someone[A]
And it's hard to say you [Bm]don't.[G][A]
Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from
The thing we've done.
She shuts up the ashtray and I say it's a long way back now hon
And she just yawns. And we might get lost someplace
So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come
But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on.
When you're driving with the brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're boots on.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
But unless the moon [D]falls tonight,[Bm] [G] unless continents col[Bm]lide.[G][D]
Nothing's gonna [Bm]make me[G] [A] break from her [Bm]side.[G][A]
When you're driving with the [D]brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're [Bm]boots on.
It's hard to say you love [G]someone[A]
And it's hard to say you [Bm]don't.[G][A]
It's hard to say you love [G]someone[A]
And it's hard to say you [Bm]don't.[G][D]
(End on D)
Driving with the brakes on -- Del Amitri
0D
This is the way Justin played it in concert when I reviewed the show.
Capo on 3rd fret
0D
Where the C and Am chords are played the B-string is alternately tapped.
That is, the first fret of of the second string alternates between being
left opena nd being fingered every half measure, creating the rhythm. I
t's fairly obvious from the disc and isn't too hard to get the hang of.
I wasn't paying too close attention to how it was played, but the chords
should be right and if you listen to the disc and hear some variations th
en I probably screwed up. Hey, sue me. But is sounds right to me.
0D
[C]Driving through the long night
Trying to figure who's rigth and who's [Am]wrong
Now the kid has gone. [C]I sit belted up tight.
Am
She sucks on a match light, glowing bronze, steering on.
And I [F]might be more a man if I [G]stopped this in it's tracks
And said come [Am]on, let's go [C]home. But [F]she's got the wheel.
And [G]I've got nothing except what I have [Am]on.[F]
0D
CHORUS:
When you're driving with the b[C]rakes on.
When you're swimming with you're [Am]boots on.
It's hard to say you love so[F]meone[G]
And it's hard to say you don't.[Am][F]
0D
Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from
The thing we've done.
She shuts up the ashtray and I say it's a long way back now hon
And she just yawns. And we might get lost someplace
So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come
But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on.
0D
When you're driving with the brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're boots on.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
0D
But unless the moon [C]falls tonight,[Am] [F] unless continents coll[Am]ide.[F][C]
Nothing's gonna [Am]make me[F] [G] break from her [Am]side.[F][G]
0D
When you're driving with the [C]brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're [Am]boots on.
It's hard to say you love s[F]omeone[G]
And it's hard to say you [Am]don't.[F][G]
It's hard to say you love s[F]omeone[G]
And it's hard to say you don't.[Am][F][C]
0D
