Driving with the Brakes On — Del Amitri
Chords and lyrics for Driving with the Brakes On by Del Amitri (key of C).
Verse 1
[Cmaj7]
[C]
[Asus2]
[Am]F 133211
G 320033
Alternate between Cmaj7 and C as well as Asus2 and Am (index finger).
Verse 1
[C]Driving through the long night
trying to figure who's right and who's [Am]wrong.
Now the kid has gone.[C]
I sit belted up tight. She sucks on a match light, glowing [Am]bronze, steering
[C]on.
And I [F]might be more a man if I [G]stopped this in its tracks
and said come [C]on, let's go [Am]home.
But [F]she's got the wheel,
and [G]I've got nothing except what I have [Am]on.[F]
Chorus
When you're driving with the [C]brakes on.
When you're swimming with your [Am]boots on.
It's hard to say you [F]love someone,[G]
and it's hard to say you [Am][F]don't.[G]
Verse 2
[C]Trying to keep the mood right,
trying to steer the conversation [Am]from
the thing we've [C]done.
She shuts up the ashtray and I say "It's a long way back now [Am]hon", and she
just [C]yawns.
And we [F]might get lost someplace, so [G]desolate that no one where we're [C]from
would ever [Am]come.
But [F]she's got the wheel
and [G]I've got to deal from now [Am]on.[F]
Chorus
When you're driving with the [C]brakes on.
When you're swimming with your [Am]boots on.
It's hard to say you [F]love someone,[G]
and it's hard to say you [Am][F]don't.[G]
Bridge
But unless the moon [C]falls [Am]tonight,[F]
unless continents [Am][F]collide.[C]
Nothin's gonna [Am]make [F]me[G]
break from her [Am]side.[G][F]
Chorus
'Cos when you're driving with the [C]brakes on.
When you're swimming with your [Am]boots on.
It's hard to say you [F]love someone,[G]
and it's hard to say you [Am][F]don't.[C]
It's hard to say you [F]love someone,[G]
and it's hard to say you [Am][F]don't.[C]
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