Driver 8 - Jason Isbell

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Driver 8 chords

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[Intro]
Em  Am  G  D/F#
Em  Am  G  D/F#
[see Riff 1 below]
 
[verse]
Em              Am        G        D/F#
  The walls are built up, stone by stone,
    Em         Am             G    D/F#
The fields are divided one by one.
        Em              Am
And the train conductor says,
        G            D/F#
"Take a break Driver 8,
       Em        Am
Driver 8, take a break
           G                 D/F#
We've been on this shift too long."
 
[Chorus]
D        C               D
 And the train conductor says,
        C             D
"Take a break Driver 8,
       C        D
Driver 8 take a break, C Em We can reach our destination, [see Riff 2 below] Em but we're still a ways away, Em but it’s still a ways away." [Verse] Em Am G I saw a treehouse on the outskirts D/F# of the farm. Em Am The power lines have floaters so the G D/F# airplanes won't get snagged. Em Am The bells are ringing through G D/F# the town again. Em Am The children look up, and all they hear G D/F# is sky-blue, bells ringing. [Chorus] D C D And the train conductor says, C D "Take a break Driver 8, C D Driver 8 take a break, C Em We can reach our destination, [see Riff 2 below] Em but we're still a ways away. Em but it’s still a ways away. Em but we're still a ways away. Am but it’s still a ways away." [Bridge] Am C A way to shield the hated heat. G D A way to put myself to sleep. Am C A way to shield the hated heat. G A way to put myself, and my D children to sleep. [Break] Em Am G D Em Am G D [see Riff 1 below] Em Am He piloted this song, G D/F# in a plane like that one. Em Am She is selling faith on the G D/F# Go Tell crusade. Em Am G Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, D/F# hear the bells ring again. Em Am G D/F# The field of wheat is lookin' thin [Chorus] D C D And the train conductor says, C D "Take a break Driver 8, C D Driver 8 take a break, C D We've been on this shift too long." C D And the train conductor says, C D "Take a break Driver 8, C D Driver 8 take a break C Em We can reach our destination, [see Riff 2 below] Em but we're still a ways away, Em but it’s still a ways away, Em but we're still a ways away, Em but it’s still a ways away." Intro Riff 1: Em Am G D G|-------------------4----0---0---0--0--| D|--------------s4/5----5---5---4---2---| A|-------2-0-2-3------------------------| E|0-0-2-3-------------------------------| Riff 2: Em D|---0---0---0---0-- A|--2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- E|-0---2---3---2---0