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This is the way I saw him playing it on the ACM awards. Chords: (all chords are in relation to the capo) G: E|-3-| C: E|-0-| D: E|-2-| Em: E|-0-| A: E|-0-| B|-3-| B|-1-| B|-3-| B|-0-| B|-2-| G|-0-| G|-0-| G|-2-| G|-0-| G|-2-| D|-0-| D|-0-| D|-2-| D|-2-| D|-2-| A|-2-| A|-3-| A|---| A|-2-| A|---| E|-3-| E|-0-| E|---| E|-0-| E|---| G D It was painted red the stripe was white C It was eighteen feet from the bow to the stern light G D Secondhand from a dealer in Atlanta C I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her G D We put on a shine; put on a motor C Built out of love, made for the water G D Ran her for years, 'til the transom got rotten C A piece of my childhood that will never be forgotten G D It was just on old plywood boat C With a '75 Johnson with electric choke G D A young boy two hands on the wheel C I can't replace the way it made me feel G And I would turn her sharp D And I would make her whine C He'd say, 'you can't beat the way an old wood boat rides' Em A Just a little lake across the Alabama line C But I was king of the ocean D G D C D When daddy let me drive G D Just an old half ton shortbed ford C My uncle bought new in '64 G D Daddy got it right 'cause the engine was smoking C A couple of burnt valves and he had it going G D He let me drive her when we'd haul off a load C Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash off of Thigpen Road G D I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals C Smiling like a hero that just received his medal G D It was just an old hand-me-down Ford C With a three-speed on the column and a dent in the door G D A young boy two hands on the wheel C I can't replace the way it mode me feel G And I would press that clutch D And I would keep it right C And he'd say, 'a little slower son you're doing just fine' Em A Just a dirt rood with trash on each side C But I was Mario Andretti D G When daddy let me drive Solo: all I have are the chords. D C D G D C D G D I'm grown up now three daughters of my own C I let them drive my old Jeep across the pasture at our home G D Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file C And pull out that old memory And think of me and smile and say G D It was just an old worn out Jeep C Rusty old floorboard, hot on my feet G D A young girl two hands on the wheel C I can't replace the way it made me feel G D And he'd say, 'turn it left and steer it right, C Straighten up girl, you're doing just fine' Em A Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride C But I was high on a mountain D G When daddy let me drive D C When daddy let me drive G Oh he let me drive D C D Daddy let me drive G D It's just an old plywood boat C With a '75 Johnson with electric choke
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