Drive Chords
by Lera Lynn
Drive by Lera Lynn is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#m. It uses the chords C#m, A, Bm, E, D and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
C#m A
It's late
C#m A
too late to run
C#m Bm E
Besides, this night ain't the one
C#m A C#m A
You could say I turned my eyes blind
C#m Bm E
You could say I'm the desperate kind
D Bm
I've been watching the line
A F#m
But nothing's passin' by
D Bm
I've been keeping the time
A F#m
(Like by it I live and die?)
D E
'Cause at the end of the road
E D A
There is just one way to know
C#m F#m
Driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
C#m E
Driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
Verse
C#m A
Portrait made but
C#m A
overblown
C#m Bm E
The curtain pulled was crooked stone
C#m A C#m A
Leave me to lie in my fruitless dreams
C#m Bm E
It's not as simple as it seems
D Bm
I've been watching the line
A F#m
But nothing's passin' by
D Bm
I've been keeping the time
A F#m
(Like by it I live and die?)
D E
'Cause at the end of the road
E D A
There is just one way to know
C#m F#m
Driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
C#m F#m
Driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
C#m F#m
Driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
C#m F#m
Driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
Solo
(same pattern as the "driiiive" parts)
C#m F#m
C#m F#m
E Bm
E F#m
Or, if you'd prefer to play the Solo:
(over end of Chorus)
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--7h9h7------7h9h7-------7h9h7---5-------------|
G|-------------------------------------6h8h6-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
(solo, repeat 3x)
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7/9---9-9/7---7-7\5---5-5\4----4-4/2----2-2/7-7h9h7-|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
(fourth time, add this after)
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--9/12----------9\7-------------9\5------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
D Bm
I've been watching the line
A F#m
But nothing's passin' by
D Bm
I've been keeping the time
A F#m
(Like by it I live and die?)
D E
'Cause at the end of the road
E D A
There is just one way to know
C#m F#m
Driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
C#m F#m
Driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
(repeat these last two lines until end of song)