Driving with the Brakes On
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
: xx0222 (played alternately with
)
(add?) : 224422 (played alternately with
)
Driving through the long night
Trying to figure who's rigth and who's wrong
Now the kid has gone. I sit belted up tight.
She sucks on a match light, glowing bronze, steering on.
And I might be more a man if I stopped this in it's tracks
And said come on, let's go home. But she's got the wheel.
And I've got nothing except what I have on.
When you're driving with the brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're boots on.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from
The thing we've done.
She shuts up the ashtray and I say it's a long way back now hon
And she just yawns. And we might get lost someplace
So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come
But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on.
When you're driving with the brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're boots on.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
But unless the moon falls tonight, unless continents collide.
Nothing's gonna make me break from her side.
When you're driving with the brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're boots on.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
(End on
)
Where the C and Am chords are played the B-string is alternately tapped. =
That is, the first fret of of the second string alternates between being=
left opena nd being fingered every half measure, creating the rhythm. I=
t's fairly obvious from the disc and isn't too hard to get the hang of. =
I wasn't paying too close attention to how it was played, but the chords =
should be right and if you listen to the disc and hear some variations th=
en I probably screwed up. Hey, sue me. But is sounds right to me.
=0D
Driving through the long night
Trying to figure who's rigth and who's wrong
Now the kid has gone. I sit belted up tight.
She sucks on a match light, glowing bronze, steering on.
And I might be more a man if I stopped this in it's tracks
And said come on, let's go home. But she's got the wheel.
And I've got nothing except what I have on.
=0D
When you're driving with the brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're boots on.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
=0D
Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from
The thing we've done.
She shuts up the ashtray and I say it's a long way back now hon
And she just yawns. And we might get lost someplace
So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come
But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on.
=0D
When you're driving with the brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're boots on.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
=0D
But unless the moon falls tonight, unless continents collide.
Nothing's gonna make me break from her side.
=0D
When you're driving with the brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're boots on.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
=0D
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Readable chord sheet for Driving with the Brakes On by Del Amitri
[Dmaj7] : xx0222 (played alternately with
[D])
[B](add?) : 224422 (played alternately with
[Bm])
D[D]riving through the long night
T[Bm]rying to figure who's rigth and who's wrong
N[D]ow the kid has gone. I sit belted up tight.
S[Bm]he sucks on a matc[D]h light, glowing bronze, steering on.
A[G]nd I might be more a man i[A]f I stopped this in it's tracks
A[Bm]nd said come o[D]n, let's go[G] home. But she's got the wheel.
A[A]nd I've got nothing except what I hav[D]e on. [G]
W[D]hen you're driving with the brakes on.
W[Bm]hen you're swimming with you're boots on.
I[G]t's hard to [A]say you love someone
A[Bm]nd it's har[G]d to sa[A]y you don't.
Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from
The thing we've done.
She shuts up the ashtray and I say it's a long way back now hon
And she just yawns. And we might get lost someplace
So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come
But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on.
When you're driving with the brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're boots on.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
B[D]ut unless the m[Bm]oon f[G]alls tonight, unles[Bm]s conti[G]nents [D]collide.
N[Bm]othing's[G] gonna[A] make me bre[Bm]ak from [G]her si[A]de.
W[D]hen you're driving with the brakes on.
W[Bm]hen you're swimming with you're boots on.
I[G]t's hard to [A]say you love someone
A[Bm]nd it's har[G]d to sa[A]y you don't.
I[G]t's hard to [A]say you love someone
A[Bm]nd it's har[G]d to sa[D]y you don't.
(End on
[D])
Where the C and Am chords are played the B-string is alternately tapped. =
That is, the first fret of of the second string alternates between being=
left opena nd being fingered every half measure, creating the rhythm. I=
t's fairly obvious from the disc and isn't too hard to get the hang of. =
I wasn't paying too close attention to how it was played, but the chords =
should be right and if you listen to the disc and hear some variations th=
en I probably screwed up. Hey, sue me. But is sounds right to me.
=0D
D[C]riving through the long night
T[Am]rying to figure who's rigth and who's wrong
N[C]ow the kid has gone. I sit belted up tight.
[Am]
She sucks on a match light, glowing bronze, steering on.
A[F]nd I might be more a man i[G]f I stopped this in it's tracks
A[Am]nd said come o[C]n, let's go[F] home. But she's got the wheel.
A[G]nd I've got nothing except what I hav[Am]e on. [F]
=0D
W[C]hen you're driving with the brakes on.
W[Am]hen you're swimming with you're boots on.
I[F]t's hard to say[G] you love someone
A[Am]nd it's h[F]ard to say you don't.
=0D
Trying to keep the mood right, trying to steer the conversation from
The thing we've done.
She shuts up the ashtray and I say it's a long way back now hon
And she just yawns. And we might get lost someplace
So desolate that no one where we're from would ever come
But she's got the wheel and I've got to deal from now on.
=0D
When you're driving with the brakes on.
When you're swimming with you're boots on.
It's hard to say you love someone
And it's hard to say you don't.
=0D
B[C]ut unless the m[Am]oon fa[F]lls tonight, unless[Am] contin[F]ents c[C]ollide.
N[Am]othing's[F] gonna[G] make me bre[Am]ak from [F]her si[G]de.
=0D
W[C]hen you're driving with the brakes on.
W[Am]hen you're swimming with you're boots on.
I[F]t's hard to say[G] you love someone
A[Am]nd it's hard t[F]o say [G]you don't.
I[F]t's hard to sa[G]y you love someone
A[Am]nd it's har[F]d to[C] say you don't.
=0D