Driving My Life Away Chords

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Driving My Life Away by Eddie Rabbitt is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E7, A, E and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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         E7  
WELL THE MIDNIGHT HEADLIGHTS BLIND YOU ON A RAINY NIGHT  
                                              A                      E7  
STEEP GRADE UP AHEAD, SLOW ME DOWN, MAKING NO TIME, BUT I GOTTA KEEP ROLLIN'   
  
THOSE WINDSHEILD WIPERS SLAPPIN OUT A TEMPO,   
                                                 A                   E7  
KEEPIN PERFECT RHYTHM WITH THE SONG ON THE RADIO-O, BUT I GOTTA KEEP ROLLIN'  
  
  
E                           D  
OHHH_________ I'M DRIVIN MY LIFE AWAY  
             A                E  
LOOKIN FOR A BETTER WAY,  FOR ME  

E                           D  
OHHH_________ I'M DRIVIN MY LIFE AWAY  
             A                E  
LOOKIN FOR A SUNNY DAY,    

  
  
E7  
TRUCK STOP CUTIE COMIN' ON TO ME   
                                                  A                         E7  
TRIED TO TALK ME IN TO A RIDE, SAID I WOULDN'T BE SORRY, BUT SHE WAS JUST A BABY  
  
HEY , WAITRESS POUR ME ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE  
                                                      A                        E7  
POP IT DOWN, JACK ME UP, SHOOT ME OUT, FLYIN DOWN THE HIGHWAY, LOOKING FOR THE MORNING  
  
  
E                           D  
OHHH_________ I'M DRIVIN MY LIFE AWAY  
             A                E  
LOOKIN FOR A BETTER WAY,  FOR ME  
  
E                           D  
OHHH_________ I'M DRIVIN MY LIFE AWAY  
             A                E  
LOOKIN FOR A SUNNY DAY,    
  
  
|C#m   |     |A     |    G|E7     |      |      |  
  
  
         E7  
WELL THE MIDNIGHT HEADLIGHTS BLIND YOU ON A RAINY NIGHT  
                                              A                      E7  
STEEP GRADE UP AHEAD, SLOW ME DOWN, MAKING NO TIME, BUT I GOTTA KEEP ROLLIN'   
  
THOSE WINDSHEILD WIPERS SLAPPIN OUT A TEMPO,   
                                                 A                   E7  
KEEPIN PERFECT RHYTHM WITH THE SONG ON THE RADIO-O, BUT I GOTTA KEEP ROLLIN'  
  
  
E                           D  
OHHH_________ I'M DRIVIN MY LIFE AWAY  
             A                E  
LOOKIN FOR A BETTER WAY,  FOR ME  
  
E                           D  
OHHH_________ I'M DRIVIN MY LIFE AWAY  
             A                E  
LOOKIN FOR A SUNNY DAY,   
  
  


    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante