Madness – Driving In My Car (Guitar)

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-----------------------........... *from 'Utter Madness' (1986)* Intro: (n.C) Verse 1:
D                  Am        D  Am
 I've been driving in my car,

D                 Am     D  Am
 It's not quite a Jaguar.

D               Am            D  Am
 I bought it in Primrose Hill,

D             Am          D  Am
 From a bloke from Brazil.

G               F
 It was made in fifty-nine,

G                         Aaug
 In a factory by the Tyne.

D               Am               D            Am
 It says Morris on the door, the G.P.O. owned it before.

D              Am              D              Am
 I drive in it for my job, the governor calls me a slob.

G            F                 D                   Am       D  Am
 But I don't really care, give me some gas and the open air.
Interlude: G Cm, G Cm Verse 2:
D               Am             D            Am
 It's a bit old but it's mine, I mend it in my spare time.

D                 Am                   D             Am
 Just last week I changed the oil, the rocker valves and the coil.

G                 F
 Just last week I changed the oil.
Break: D A, B F# (x2) Middle 8:
     A                               A#
Last week it went round the clock, I also had a little knock;

B                            E (n.C)
 I dented somebody's fender, he learnt not to park on a bender!
Interlude: D Am (x8) Verse 3:
D (n.C)                      D  Am
 I've been driving in my car,

   D (n.C)                           D  Am
It don't look much but I've been far.

D (n.C)                     D  Am
 I drive up to Muswell Hill,

     D (n.C)                  D  Am
I've even been to Selsey bill.

  G                 F
I drove along the A-45,

  G                Aaug
I had her up to 58.

D                           Am
 This copper stopped me the other day,

D                      Am
 You're mistaken; what could I say?

    D            Am
The tyres were a little worn,

          D      Am
They were O.K, I could have sworn.

G               F              D              Am           D  Am
 I like driving in my car, I'm satisfied I've got this far.
Interlude: G Cm, G Cm, E Coda:
D               Am        D  Am
 I like driving in my car,

   D                   Am            D  Am
It don't look much but I've been far.

D               Am        D  Am
 I like driving in my car,

D            Am        D  Am
 Even with a flat tyre.

D               Am        D  Am
 I like driving in my car,

D                 Am     D  Am
 It's not quite a Jaguar.

G               F              D              Am
 I like driving in my car, I'm satisfied I've got this far.
Outro: D Am (x8) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- D Am G F Aaug Cm EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x57775 577555 355433 133211 x03221 x35543 A B F# A# E EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 577655 799877 244322 688766 x79997 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 ([email protected])