Gavin DeGraw – Ford (Guitar)

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Strumming pattern is pretty simple. Bass note on quarter notes, upper strings on the off beat. Sometimes on the transition from C to Dm, he plays a Db to walk up to Dm. [Verse]
F                     C
Tryin', tired but I'm tryin'

                    Dm
This hill I've been climbin'

                   Bb
Oh I can't see the top

F                        C
Old man, can you help me understand

                Dm
Why I'm on this planet?

                     Bb
How do you know when to stop?
[Pre-Chorus]
C
Working for a dollar

                    Bb
Well that's how you make a man feel broke

C
Working for a dollar

           Bb
That's the only thing I know
[Chorus]
F
Just drive an old Ford

C
Count blessings and praise the Lord

Dm
Have less make it feel like more

Bb
Leave work at the front door

F
Work hard and you get paid

C
Don't give em your best days

Dm
Only so many left, save

Bb
Some of 'em up for the ones worth saving 'em for
F C Dm Bb [Verse]
F                         C
Patience, I've run out of patience

           Dm
I need a vacation

              Bb
I need out of this shift

F                           C
Skydive, maybe see how fast I can drive

                 Dm
Too young to not feel alive

                    Bb
And I'm caught in a ditch
[Pre-Chorus]
C
Passin' me a bottle

              Bb
Oldman starts rollin' his own smoke

          C
Says "you lost me at dollar

           Bb
Here's the only thing I know"
[Chorus]
F
Just drive an old Ford

C
Count blessings and praise the Lord

Dm
Have less make it feel like more

Bb
Leave work at the front door

F
Work hard and you get paid

C
Don't give em your best days

Dm
Only so many left, save

Bb
Some of 'em up for the ones worth saving 'em for
[Bridge]
C                                     Bb                F
Once you find your love, you hold her close and say her name

C                          Bb                F
No amount of money's gonna make you feel the same

          C
Can't you see?

          C7
Can't you see?
[Chorus]
F
Just drive an old Ford

C
Count blessings and praise the Lord

Dm
Have less make it feel like more

Bb
Leave work at the front door

F
Work hard and you get paid

C
Don't give em your best days

Dm
Only so many left, save

Bb
Some of 'em up for the ones worth saving 'em for
[Outro]
F
La la

C
la la la la

Dm
la la la la

Bb
la la la la

F
La la

C
la la la la

Dm
la la la la

Bb
la la la la