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[C] [G] [F] [C] It was painted red,[G] the stripe was white It was [F]eighteen feet from the [F]bow to the stern light [C] Second hand from a [G]dealer in Atlanta I [F]rode up with daddy when he {NC}went there to get 'er [C] Put on a shine [G]put on a motor [F]Built out of love and [F]made for the water [C] Ran her for years 'till the [G]transom got rotten A [F]piece of my childhood that'll [F]never be forgotten It was[C] just an old [G]plywood boat With a [F]seventy-five johnson with electric choke [C] A young boy two [G]hands on the wheel [F] I can't replace the way it[F] made me feel And I would[C] turn her shoreline and I'd[G] make it whine And he'd say you[F] just can't beat the way an old wood boat rides [C] Just a little lake off [D]FM 35 But I was [F]king of the ocean[G] when daddy let me[C] drive [G] [F] [C] Just an old half-ton [G]short bed Ford My [F]uncle bought new in[F] sixty-four [C]Daddy got it right 'cause the [G]engine was smokin' [F]A couple of burnt valves[F] and he had her goin' [C] He'd let me drive her and we'd [G]haul off a load Down a [F]dirt strip where we'd dump trash[F] off of Thigpen road I'd [C]sit up in the seat and strech my [G]feet out to the pedals [F]Smilin' like a hero that [F]just received his medal It was[C] just an old [G]hand-me-down Ford With a [F]three speed on the column and a [F]dent in the door [C] A young boy two [G]hands on the wheel I can't[F] replace the way it[F] made me feel I would [C]press that clutch and I'd[G] keep it right And he'd say a[F] little slower son you're [F]doin' just fine [C] Just a dirt road with [D]trash on each side but I was [F]Mario Andretti [G] When daddy let me[C] drive I'm [C]grown up now three [G]daughters of my own I [F]let 'em drive my old jeep 'cross the pasture at our home [C]Maybe one day they'll reach [G]back in their file And [F]pull out that old mem'ry and think of me and smile And say [C]It was just an old [G]worn out jeep [F]Rusty old floor boards hot on my feet [C]A young girl two [G]hands on the wheel [F] I can't replace the way it made me feel And he'd say[C] turn it left and[G] steer it right [F]Straighten up girl now you're doin' just fine [C]Just a little valley by the [D]river where we'd ride But I was [F]high on a mountain[G] when daddy let me [C]drive[G]... daddy let me [C]drive[G]... oh, he'd let me [C]drive[G]...[F] It was[C] just an old [G]plywood boat With a [F]seventy-five johnson with electric [C]choke [G][C] |