The Kinks

Drivin

The Kinks


Tom: Bb

F           Bb          E           A
Doo doo doo doo. Dididi doo doo doo doo
Eb          Ab        D           G
Doo doo doo doo doo.  Did did doo doo
D              G
Dididi doo doo doo

Cm                               Gm
  It seems like all the world is fighting
Bb                         F            F7
 They're even talking of a war (ooo ooo ooo)
F
Let all the Russians and the Chinese
                         Bb
And the Spanish do their fighting
           D7
The sun is shining
            G  D     G  D
We're going drivin', drivin'

F             Bb
Drop all your work
E          A
Leave it behind
D               G
Forget all your problems
C#            F#
And get in my car
           C#         F#
And take a drive with me


    F              Bb
The sandwiches are packed
    E             A
The tea is in the flask
      Eb        Ab
We've plenty of beer
    D          G
And gooseberry tarts
          D          G
So take a drive with me

Cm                              Gm
  We'll take your mother if you want to
Bb                           F               F7
  We'll have a picnic on the grass  (ooo ooo ooo)

F7
Forget your nephews and your cousins
                           Bb
And your brothers and your sisters
              D7
They'll never miss us
              G  D     G  D     G  D     G  D
'Cos we'll be drivin', drivin'. drivin'. drivin'
F            Bb
Thousands of trees
E           A
Hundreds of fields
D           G
Millions of birds
   C#            F#
So why don't you come
           C#         F#
And take a drive with me

      F           Bb
We'll talk to the cows
    E            A
And laugh at the sheep
      D        G
We'll lie in a field
    C#           F#
And we'll have a sleep
          C#         F#
So take a drive with me

Cm                            Gm
  And all the troubled world around us
Bb                   F            F7
  Seems an eternity away (ooo ooo ooo)
F
And all the debt collectors, rent collectors
            Bb
All will be behind us
                  D7
But they'll never find us
              G  D     G  D     G  D     G  D
'Cos we'll be drivin', drivin', drivin', drivin'

Solo: F  Bb  E  A  Eb  Ab  D  G


D          G    D          G
Drive with me...Drive with me...

F             Bb
Passed Barnet Church
E               A
  Up to Potters Bar
   Eb            Ab
We won't be home late
     D        G
It's not very far
          D          G          D          G   
So take a drive with me, take a drive with me
G  D     G  D     G  D     G  D
Drivin', drivin', drivin', drivin'   ....repeat into the sunset

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