...DRIVING IN MY CAR... by Madness
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*from 'Utter Madness' (1986)*


Intro:

(n.C)

Verse 1:

D                  Am        D  Am
 I've been driving in my car,
D                 Am     D  Am
 It's not quite a Jaguar.
D               Am            D  Am
 I bought it in Primrose Hill,
D             Am          D  Am
 From a bloke from Brazil.

G               F
 It was made in fifty-nine,
G                         A+
 In a factory by the Tyne.

D               Am               D            Am
 It says Morris on the door, the G.P.O. owned it before.
D              Am              D              Am
 I drive in it for my job, the governor calls me a slob.
G            F                 D                   Am       D  Am
 But I don't really care, give me some gas and the open air.

Interlude:

G  Cm, G  Cm

Verse 2:

D               Am             D            Am
 It's a bit old but it's mine, I mend it in my spare time.
D                 Am                   D             Am
 Just last week I changed the oil, the rocker valves and the coil.
G                 F
 Just last week I changed the oil.

Break:

D  A, B  F# (x2)

Middle 8:

     A                               Bb
Last week it went round the clock, I also had a little knock;
B                            E (n.C)
 I dented somebody's fender, he learnt not to park on a bender!

Interlude:

D  Am (x8)

Verse 3:

D (n.C)                      D  Am
 I've been driving in my car,
   D (n.C)                           D  Am
It don't look much but I've been far.
D (n.C)                     D  Am
 I drive up to Muswell Hill,
     D (n.C)                  D  Am
I've even been to Selsey bill.

  G                 F
I drove along the A-45,
  G                A+
I had her up to 58.

D                           Am
 This copper stopped me the other day,
D                      Am
 You're mistaken; what could I say?
    D            Am
The tyres were a little worn,
          D      Am
They were O.K, I could have sworn.

G               F              D              Am           D  Am
 I like driving in my car, I'm satisfied I've got this far.

Interlude:

G  Cm, G  Cm, E

Coda:

D               Am        D  Am
 I like driving in my car,
   D                   Am            D  Am
It don't look much but I've been far.
D               Am        D  Am
 I like driving in my car,
D            Am        D  Am
 Even with a flat tyre.

D               Am        D  Am
 I like driving in my car,
D                 Am     D  Am
 It's not quite a Jaguar.
G               F              D              Am
 I like driving in my car, I'm satisfied I've got this far.

Outro:

D  Am (x8)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D       Am      G       F       A+      Cm

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x57775  577555  355433  133211  x03221  x35543

   A       B       F#      Bb      E

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 577655  799877  244322  688766  x79997


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)