G
It was painted red
D
The stripe was white
C
It was eighteen feet from bow to stern light
G D
Second hand, from a dealer in Atlanta
C
I rode up with daddy when he went there to get her
G D
Put on a shine, put on a motor
C
Built out of love and made for water
G D
Ran her for years, til' the transom got rotten
C C
A piece of my childhood that'll never be forgotten
G D
It was just an old plywood boat
C
With a seventy-five Johnson, and electric choke
G D
A young boy two hands on the wheel
C
I can't replace the way it made me feel
G D
I would turn her sharp and I would make it wide
C
He'd say you can't be the way a old wood boat rides
Em A
Just a little lake 'cross the Alabama line
C D
But I was king of the ocean
G D C D
When daddy let me drive
G D
Just an old half-ton short bed Ford
C
My uncle bought new in sixty-four
G D
Daddy got it right cause the engine was smoking
C
A couple of burnt valves and he got it goin'
G D
He'd let me drive her and we'd haul off a load
C
Down a dirt strip where we'd dump trash
Off of Thigpen road
G D
I'd sit up in the seat and stretch my feet out to the pedals
C
Smiling like a hero
Who just received his medal
G D
It was just an old hand-me down Ford
C
With a three speed on the column and a dent in the door
G D
A young boy two hands on the wheel
C
I can't replace the way it made me feel
G D
And I would press that clutch and I'd keep it right
C
And he'd say a little slower son
You're doin' just fine
Em A
Just a dirt road with trash on each side
C
But I was Mario Andretti
D G
When daddy let me drive
G D C D x2 D
G
I'm grown up now
D
Three daughters of my own
C
I let 'em drive my old jeep
'Cross the pasture at our home
G D
Maybe one day they'll reach back in their file
C
And pull out that old memory
C
And think of me and smile
And say
G D
It was just an old worn out jeep
C
Rusty old floor boards
Hot on my feet
G D
A young girl two hands on the wheel
C
I can't replace the way it made me feel
G D
And he'd say turn it left and steer it right
C
Straighten up girl, your doing just fine
Em
Just a little valley by the river where we'd ride
C D
But I was high on a mountain
G
When daddy let me drive
D C D
Daddy let me drive
G D C D
Oh he let me drive
G D
She's just old plywood boat
C
With a seventy-five Johnson
G
With electric choke
