Earthquake Driver — Counting Crows
Chords and lyrics for Earthquake Driver by Counting Crows (key of G).
Verse 1
Earthquake Driver – Counting Crows
Intro
[D] [E] [A] [G] [D] [E] [A]
Verse 1
[A]I was born again a [D]little north [A]of Disney Land
[D]Somewhere under [A]Wonderland and Hollywood[E]
But then I had to go [A]skipping and diving and bouncing back to New [D]York City
[A]
Straight through the heart of America [D]where all the wild[A] things grow
[E]
Chorus
[D]I want to [E]be an [A]earthquake driver
[D]I want to be an [E]aquarium [A]diver
[D]I just don't [E]want to go [A]home[A][E][D][G]
Verse 2
[A]I live alone but I am [D]hungry for [A]affection
[D]I just [A]struggle with connection til the water [E]calls me home
[A]Down into ocean among [D]millions of other [A]lonely people
[D]Drowning among the only people we [A]are ever going to know[E]
Chorus
[D]I want to [E]be an [A]earthquake driver
[D]I want to be an [E]aquarium [A]diver
[D]I just don't [E]want to go [A]home[A][E][D][G]
Bridge
[E]I want to be like the people I see
[D]They want a rover just like me
[E]I wanna stay but what keeps me away
[D]Is I'm tied into the lightning line
[A]And I wanna see if the sun is shining
[F#m]Long night’s just a waste of time[E] I, I don't want to see people like me
Just sleeping and, waking and, hoping and, hating and
Verse 3
[A]You look at me like I'm some kind of [D]carnival [A]attraction
You say love is [D]an abstraction, [A]just some ghost [E]that you chase
Well, I am [A]a cypher and, I am a blank space[A][D]
Filled up with words you [D]remember from whenever[A] you saw my face
[E]
Chorus
[D]I want to [E]be an [A]earthquake driver
[D]I want to be an [E]aquarium [A]diver
[D]I just don't [E]want to go [A]home[A][E][D][G]
Bridge
[E]I want to be like the people I see
[A]Hey man, they want a rover just like me
[E]I want to stay but what keeps me away
[D]Is I’m plugged into the lightning line
[A]I wanna be where the sun is shining
[F#m]All night, chasing time [E]I, I don't want to be with people like me
Just creeping and, waking and, hoping and, hating and
Verse 4
[A]Now what is the price of this fame and self [D]absorption?
[A]
We turn [D]ourselves into orphans and then [A]spend our nights alone[E]
[A]Living in fear of some kind of imaginary [D]consequence[A]
[D]Terror [A]incognito, ob-la-di [E]li-bi-do
Chorus
[D]I want to [E]be an [A]earthquake driver
[D]I want to be an [E]aquarium [A]diver
[D]I just don't [E]want to go [A]home[A][E][D][G]
Truth is I don't[D] want to be no earthquake[E] driver[A]
And I do[D] not want to be an aquarium [E]diver, but [A]hey
[D]I just don't [E]want to go [A]home[A][E][D][G]
[D]Oh man, I just [E]don't want to go [A][G]home[A][E][D]
[D]Oh, I do not [E]want to go [A]home[A][E][D][G]
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