Driving Song Chords
by Jethro Tull
Driving Song by Jethro Tull is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D7 and Db7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro riff
e---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G---------5-----------------------
D---6--7-----6--7--------------7--
A------------------6--7--6--7-----
E---------------------------------
Verse riff
e----------------------------------
B---------------------5------------
G------5--7--5-----5-----7--5------
D---7-----------7--------------7-7-
A----------------------------------
E----------------------------------
Verse 1
verse riff intro riff
Will they ever stop drivin' me?
verse riff intro riff
Have they ever taken time to see
D7 Db7 D7
That I need some rest if I'm to do my best
Verse 2 same as verse 1
Can I please stop workin' so hard?
They just tell me gotta close it hard
Got to think of my health, can I be by myself?
Guitar solo over this riff
e----------------------------------
B---------------5--8---------------
G---------5--7--------5------------
D---7--7-----------------7--7--7---
A----------------------------------
E----------------------------------
Oh, they tell me I be home someday
Well I doubt if I can continue this way
Cause this hard life I've led is makin' me dead