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Driver 8

R.E.M.
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Riff}
{sot}G -------------------4---0---0---0---0---0---|
E 0-0-2-3------------------------------------| repeat....{eot}
The walls are built up, stone by stone,
The fields divided one by one.
"Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break
We've been on this shift too long".
{on that part, play the Em Em/F# Em/G Em chords, or this riff}:
{sot} D ------0-------0------0--------0--|
I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm.
The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged.
Bells are ringing through the town again,
Children look up, all they hear is sky-blue, bells ringing
And the train conductor says
"Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away"
He piloted this song in a plane like that one.
She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade.
Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again.
Field to weed is lookin' thin
And the train conductor says
"Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We've been on this shift too long."
And the train conductor says
"Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away"

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Arrangement source for Driver 8 by R.E.M.

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Riff}
{sot}G  -------------------4---0---0---0---0---0---|
         D  ---------------s-5----5---5--4---2---0-----|
         A  --------2-0-2-3----------------------------|
         E  0-0-2-3------------------------------------|  repeat....{eot}

 [Em]            [Am]       [G]        [G/f#]
The walls are built up, stone by stone,
 [Em]            [Am]          [G]     [G/f#]
The fields divided one by one.
A[Em]nd the train conductor s[Am]ays
       [G]            [G/f#]      [Em]       [Am]
"Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break
            [G]                 [G/f#]
We've been on this shift too long".

A[D]nd the tra[C]in conductor says[D]
"Take a[C] break Driver[D] 8, Drive[C]r 8 take a b[D]reak
We can [C]reach our desti[Em]nation,[Em/F#] but we're[Em/G] still a[Em/F#] ways away[Em]"  [Em/F#]        [Em]           [G]             [Em]                [F#]

{on that part, play the Em Em/F# Em/G Em chords, or this riff}:

{sot} D ------0-------0------0--------0--|
 A  ---2-------2------2-------2-----|
 E  -0-------2------3------2--------|{eot}

I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm.
The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged.
Bells are ringing through the town again,
Children look up, all they hear is sky-blue, bells ringing

And the train conductor says
"Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away"

W[Am]ay to seal the hated h[C]eat.
W[G]ay to put myself to sl[D]eep.
W[Am]ay to shield the hated[C] heat.
W[G]ay to put myself, my ch[D]il[Dsus4]dren to sleep.

He piloted this song in a plane like that one.
She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade.
Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again.
Field to weed is lookin' thin

And the train conductor says
"Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We've been on this shift too long."
And the train conductor says
"Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away"

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