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Drive My Car  The Beatles

Drive My Car
(Lennon/McCartney)
Intro:
[D]  
 
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 -|---------------------6b(7)-----7--7--5-----5--7----------------
 -|-----5--5b(7)--5------------5--7--7--5-----5--7----------------
 -|--7---------------7---------------------7----------------------
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Verse:
Asked a girl what she wanted to be
[D] [G]  
 
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 -|--5---------7/9-----9\7--5---------------------5---------------
 -|-----------------------------3------------5/7-----7\5--3-------

She said baby Can't you see
[D] [G]  
 
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 -|--5---------7/9-----9\7--5---------------------5---------------
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I wanna be famous a star of the screen
[D] [G]  
 
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 -|--5------------7/9-----9\7--5------------------------5----------
 -|--------------------------------3---------------5/7-----7\5--3--

But you can do something in between
[A] [Bm]  
 
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 -|-----------7--7-----7--7----------------7--9--7-----------------
 -|-----------5--5-----5--5-----------7/9-----------9--7-----------

Chorus:
[Bm]Baby you can drive my [A] [G]car (see note)[A]
 
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 -|---------------------------------3-----5--6--5-----3--------
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 -|--9-----9--------9------9--7--5-----5-----5-----5--7--------
 -|--9-----9--------9------9--7--5-----5-----5-----5--7--------
 -|--7-----7--------7------7--5--3-----3-----3-----3--5--------

[Bm]Yes I'm gonna be a [A] s[G]tar[A]
 
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 -|--9-------9-----9----9--7--5-----5-----5-----5--7--------
 -|--9-------9-----9----9--7--5-----5-----5-----5--7--------
 -|--7-------7-----7----7--5--3-----3-----3-----3--5--------

B[Bm]aby you can drive my car
 
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 -|--9-----9--------9-----9--------
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[Em] And [A]baby I love[D] you[G] [A]
 
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 -|---------------0-----------5--5-------5------------------7--9--7-----
 -|--0--2--3--0------3--2--0--------5/7-----7\5--3--5--7/9-----------9--

Verse:
Told that girl that my prospects were good
She said baby, it's understood
Working for peanuts is all very fine
But I can show you a better time
Repeat Chorus:
B[A]eep beep 'm beep beep Y[D]EAH!
Guitar solo:
[D] [G]  
 
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 -|-----------------------b(10)8--6--8--8--8--6--8--
 -|-----6b(7)----------7----------------------------
 -|--7----------------------------------------------
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[D] [G]  
 
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 -|-----------------------b(10)8--6--8--8--8--6-----
 -|-----6b(7)----------7-------------------------7--
 -|--7----------------------------------------------
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[D] [G]  
 
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 -|-----------------------b(10)8--6--8--8--8--6--8--
 -|-----6b(7)----------7----------------------------
 -|--7----------------------------------------------
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[A] [Bm]  
 
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Repeat chorus:
Verse:
Told that girl I could start right away
She said listen to me baby I got something to say
I got no car and it's breaking my heart
But I got a driver and that's a start
Repeat chorus:
Ending (repeat to fade):
Beep beep 'm beep beep Y[D]EAH![G] [A]
 
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 -|--------------------------5--------5------------------7--9--7-----5--
 -|------------------------------5/7-----7\5--3--5--7/9-----------9-----
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Miscellaneous info:
Note: In the transcription of the chorus, the moving parallel thirds
on the 2nd and 3rd strings are the piano part, presented for
information and completeness. I don't mean to suggest that
both parts be played by one guitarist (certainly not when it
gets to the (35576-)).
 
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Tab Special Notations:
 
 ----0---- play the open string ('fret zero')
 ----5---- play fret five
 ----5~--- play fret five with vibrato
 ---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven
 ---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five

--8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach
the pitch of fret nine
--b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,
unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight
 
 ----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven
 ----p5--- pull-off to fret five
 ---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is

undefined, judge by ear)
 
 ---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is

undefined, judge by ear)
 
 ---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret

three
 
 ---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five


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