
Driving
America
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Tom : Am
E A
Bass plays (Am)
[Intro 2]
N.C.
N.C. N.C.
[Intro 3]
Am F G Em Am F G Em Am F G Em Am F G Em
[Verse 1]
Am F G Em Am F G Em
I awake every morning with the dawn,
Am F G Em Am F G Em
nothing more than the need to carry on.
Am F G Em Am F G Em
Feel the wind blowing through my hair, make believe I don't ever care.
Am F G Em Am F G Em
Why does the book of freedom take so long?
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 Em Fmaj7 Em
We could be driving off into the future, driving away,
Fmaj7 Em
driving over to a brand new [Interlude] day, hey yay.
[Interlude]
Am F G Em Am F G Em
[Verse 2]
Am F G Em Am F G Em
In the back of a distant memory
Am F G Em Am F G Em
lies the hopes that I had for you and me.
Am F G Em Am F G Em
Nothing more than a mystery, all the places that we'll never see.
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 Em Fmaj7 Em
Driving to the future, driving away,
Fmaj7 Em
we could be driving over to a brand new [Interlude] day, hey yay.
[Interlude]
Am F G Em Am F G Em
[Bridge]
C Em Fmaj7 Fm
Here and now it seems somehow
Am Em F G
life goes on forever.
C Em Fmaj7 Fm
Now and then I try to pretend
Am Em F G
we will be together.
[Instrumental]
Am F G Em Am F G Em Am F G Em Am F G Em Am F G Em Am F G Em Am F G Em Am F G Em
[Chorus]
[Outro 1]
Fmaj7 Em Fmaj7 Em
Driving
Fmaj7 Em
Driving
[Outro 2]
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