Drive My Car
(Lennon/McCartney)
Intro:
D
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Verse:
Asked a girl what she wanted to be
D G
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She said baby Can't you see
D G
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I wanna be famous a star of the screen
D G
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But you can do something in between
A Bm
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Chorus:
Bm A G A
Baby you can drive my car (see note)
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-|--7-----7--------7------7--5--3-----3-----3-----3--5--------
Bm A G A
Yes I'm gonna be a star
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Bm
Baby you can drive my car
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Em A D G A
And baby I love you
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Verse:
Told that girl that my prospects were good
She said baby, it's understood
Working for peanuts is all very fine
But I can show you a better time
Repeat Chorus:
A D
Beep beep 'm beep beep YEAH!
Guitar solo:
D G
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D G
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D G
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A Bm
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Repeat chorus:
Verse:
Told that girl I could start right away
She said listen to me baby I got something to say
I got no car and it's breaking my heart
But I got a driver and that's a start
Repeat chorus:
Ending (repeat to fade):
D G A
Beep beep 'm beep beep YEAH!
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Miscellaneous info:
Note: In the transcription of the chorus, the moving parallel thirds
on the 2nd and 3rd strings are the piano part, presented for
information and completeness. I don't mean to suggest that
both parts be played by one guitarist (certainly not when it
gets to the [35576-]).
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Tab Special Notations:
----0---- play the open string ('fret zero')
----5---- play fret five
----5~--- play fret five with vibrato
---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven
---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five
--8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach
the pitch of fret nine
--b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,
unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight
----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven
----p5--- pull-off to fret five
---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret
three
---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five
