Johnny Cash – Drive On (Guitar)
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Chords
This is the version from when he performed this song at the Manhattan centre in 1994
Chords for this song E Em A B7 B7 2nd inversion E|-0--0---0---2--2--| B|-0--0---2---0--0--| G|-1--0---2---2--2--| D|-2--2---2---1--1--| A|-2--2---0---2--0--| E|-0--0----------2--| Picking / Strumming style simple version only down strumming E chord; between verses B7 chord into the E chord E|--0-0--0--0--0---------|----2----2----2----2-----0---------| B|--0-0--0--0--0---------|----0----0----0----0-----0---------| G|--1-1--1--0--1---------|----2----2----2----2-----1---------| D|--2-2--2--2--2---------|----1----1----1----1-----2---------| A|--2-2--2--2--2---------|--2------0--2------0---2-----------| E|--0-0--0--0--0---------|-------2---------2-----------------|
[Intro]
E E Em E E Em E
[Verse 1]
E I got a friend named Whiskey Sam A He was my boonierat buddy for a year in Nam B7 He said is my country just a little off track E B7 E Took 'em twenty-five years to welcome me back
[Verse 2]
E But, it's better than not comin' back at all A Many a good men I saw fall B7 And even now, every time I dream E B7 E I hear the men and the monkeys in the jungle scream
[Chorus]
E Drive on, it don't mean nothin' B7 E My children love me, but they don't understand A E And I got a woman who knows her man, Drive on E B7 E It don't mean nothin', drive on
[Verse 3]
E I remember one night, Tex and me A Rappelled in on a hot L.Z. B7 We had our 16's on rock and roll E B7 E But with all that fire, was scared and cold
[Verse 4]
E I was crazy and I was wild A And I have seen the tiger smile B7 I spit in a bamboo viper's face E B7 E And I'd be dead, but by God's grace, Drive on,
[Chorus]
E It don't mean nothin' B7 E My children love me, but they don't understand A E And I got a woman who knows her man, Drive on E B7 E It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin', drive on
[Verse 5]
E It was a slow walk in a sad rain A And nobody tried to be John Wayne B7 I came home, Tex did not E B7 E And I can't talk about the hit he got
[Verse 6]
E Well, I got a little limp now when I walk A and I Got a little tremolo when I talk B7 But I finally found out who I am E B7 E I'm a walkin' talkin' miracle from Vietnam, Drive on,
[Chorus]
E It don't mean nothin' B7 E My children love me, but they don't understand A E And I got a woman who knows her man, Drive on E B7 E It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin', drive on