Alan Jackson - Drive (For Daddy Gene) Chords

[Opening]
[G]It was painted [D]red, 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 [D]shine put on a motor
[C]Built 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 be forgotten

[verse 2]
It [G]was 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 [G]would turn her sharp and I’d [D]make it wide
And [C]he’d 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 3]
[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 smoking
[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 [D]feet out to the pedals
[C]Smiling like a hero that just received his medal

[verse 4]
It [G]was 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 [G]would press that clutch and [D]I’d keep it right
And he’d [C]say 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 [G]me drive

[verse 5]
[G] [D] [C] [D] [D] [G] [D] [C] [D] [D]
[G]I’m grown up now three [D]daughters of my own
I [C]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 out that old memory and [C]think of me and smile

[verse 6]
And [G]say 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 [G]say turn it left and [D]steer it right
[C]Straighten 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]

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