The Kinks – Drivin (Ukulele)

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Drivin' Written by Ray Davies
A#           D#          C           C                      
Doo doo doo doo. Dididi doo doo doo doo

G#          B        C           C                          
Doo doo doo doo doo.  Did did doo doo

C              C                            
Dididi doo doo doo

Fm                               Cm         
  It seems like all the world is fighting

D#                         A#            A#7   
 They're even talking of a war (ooo ooo ooo)

A#                                         
Let all the Russians and the Chinese

                         D#                
And the Spanish do their fighting

           G7                             
The sun is shining

            C  C     C  C                    
We're going drivin', drivin'

A#             D#                            
Drop all your work

C          C                               
Leave it behind

C               C                           
Forget all your problems

B            B                             
And get in my car

           B         B                     
And take a drive with me

    A#              D#                       
The sandwiches are packed

    C             C                        
The tea is in the flask

      G#        B                          
We've plenty of beer

    C          C                           
And gooseberry tarts

          C          C                     
So take a drive with me

Fm                              Cm           
  We'll take your mother if you want to                                         

D#                           A#               A#7
  We'll have a picnic on the grass  (ooo ooo ooo)

A#7                                         
Forget your nephews and your cousins 

                           D#             
And your brothers and your sisters                                         

              G7                           
They'll never miss us                                         

              C  C     C  C     C  C     C  C       
'Cos we'll be drivin', drivin'. drivin'. drivin'

A#            D#                            
Thousands of trees

C           C                              
Hundreds of fields

C           C                              
Millions of birds

   B            B                          
So why don't you come

           B         B                              
And take a drive with me

      A#           D#                        
We'll talk to the cows

    C            C                         
And laugh at the sheep

      C        C                           
We'll lie in a field

    B           B                                     
And we'll have a sleep

          B         B                               
So take a drive with me

Fm                            Cm
  And all the troubled world around us

D#                   A#            A#7          
  Seems an eternity away (ooo ooo ooo)

A#                                         
And all the debt collectors, rent collectors

            D#                             
All will be behind us

                  G7                       
But they'll never find us

              C  C     C  C     C  C     C  C    
'Cos we'll be drivin', drivin', drivin', drivin'
(Solo- A# D# C C G# B C C )
C          C    C          C                                        
Drive with me...Drive with me...

A#             D#
Passed Barnet Church

C               C                          
  Up to Potters Bar

   G#            B                          
We won't be home late

     C        C                            
It's not very far

          C          C          C          C   (Break)
So take a drive with me, take a drive with me

C  C     C  C     C  C     C  C                  
Drivin', drivin', drivin', drivin'   ....repeat into the sunset

Note: On the 'Drivin'.. parts, the bass does C nice walk. C B A# C C C A# B C
kind of thing. And remember, don't go too fast and don't drink while playing
this song.