R.E.M. – Driver 8 (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] 
  Em         Am     G        D/F#
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------4---0---0---0---0---0-----|
D|------------------5----5---5--4---2---0-------| x2
A|---------2-0-2-3------------------------------|
E|0--0-2-3--------------------------------------| 
[Verse 1]
Em               Am        G        D/F#
  The walls are built up, stone by stone

Em             Am            G  D/F#
  The fields divided one by one

        Em               Am
And the train conductor says

        G             D/F#      Em        Am
"Take a break, Driver 8, Driver 8, take a break

           G                 D/F#
We've been on this shift too long"
[Chorus]
D         C               D
  And the train conductor says

        C             D         C          D
"Take a break, Driver 8, Driver 8, take a break"

       C              Em      Em/F#     Em/G    Em/F# Em
We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away

Em/F#     Em/G    Em/F# Em
But it's still a ways away
[Verse 2]
        Am               G                D/F#
I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm

    Em               Am              G                   D/F#
The power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged

Em                Am                G    D/F#
Bells are ringing through the town again

Em                Am               G        D/F#
Children look up, all they hear is sky-blue bells ringing
[Chorus]
D         C               D
  And the train conductor says

        C             D         C          D
"Take a break, Driver 8, Driver 8, take a break"

       C              Em      Em/F#     Em/G    Em/F# Em
We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away

Em/F#    Em/G    Em/F# Em   Em/F#     Em/G    Em/F# Em
But it's still a ways away, but we're still a ways away

Em/F#     Em/G    Em/F#  Am
But it's still a ways away
[Bridge]
                           C
A way to shield the hated heat

G                        D    Dsus4 D
  A way to put myself to sleep

Am                          C
  A way to shield the hated heat

G                         D          Dsus4 D 
  A way to put myself, my children to sleep

[Interlude] 
   Em       Am      G      D/F#
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|------0-------0------0--------0----| x2
A|----2-------2------2-------2-------|
E|--0-------2------3------2----------|
[Verse 3]
   Em           Am        G          D/F#
He piloted this song in a plane like that one

Em             Am           G           D/F#
She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade

Em         Am           G                 D/F#         Em
Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again

             Am              G    D/F#
The field to weed is lookin' thin
[Chorus]
D         C               D
  And the train conductor says

        C             D         C          D
"Take a break, Driver 8, Driver 8, take a break

            C                 D
We've been on this shift too long"

        C               D
And the train conductor says

        C             D         C          D
"Take a break, Driver 8, Driver 8, take a break"

       C              Em      Em/F#     Em/G    Em/F# Em
We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away

Em/F#    Em/G    Em/F# Em   Em/F#     Em/G    Em/F# Em
But it's still a ways away, but we're still a ways away

Em/F#     Em/G    Em/F# Em
But it's still a ways away