{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1962219,"song":"Drive On","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1962219-drive-on-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1962219?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":54,"content":"Drive on \r\n\r\nThis is the version from when he performed this song at the Manhattan centre in 1994 \r\n\r\n[tab]Chords for this song \r\n   [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]B7[/ch] 2nd inversion\r\nE|-0--0---0---2--2--|\r\nB|-0--0---2---0--0--|\r\nG|-1--0---2---2--2--|\r\nD|-2--2---2---1--1--|\r\nA|-2--2---0---2--0--|\r\nE|-0--0----------2--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Picking / Strumming style simple version only down strumming \r\n E chord; between verses               B7 chord into the E chord \r\nE|--0-0--0--0--0---------|----2----2----2----2-----0---------|\r\nB|--0-0--0--0--0---------|----0----0----0----0-----0---------|\r\nG|--1-1--1--0--1---------|----2----2----2----2-----1---------|\r\nD|--2-2--2--2--2---------|----1----1----1----1-----2---------|\r\nA|--2-2--2--2--2---------|--2------0--2------0---2-----------|\r\nE|--0-0--0--0--0---------|-------2---------2-----------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               \r\nI got a friend named Whiskey Sam[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                               \r\nHe was my boonierat buddy for a year in Nam[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]                                       \r\nHe said is my country just a little off track[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTook 'em twenty-five years to welcome me back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                         \r\nBut, it's better than not comin' back at all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         \r\nMany a good men I saw fall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                    \r\nAnd even now, every time I dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI hear the men and the monkeys in the jungle scream[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           \r\nDrive on, it don't mean nothin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy children love me, but they don't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I got a woman who knows her man, Drive on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt don't mean nothin', drive on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 \r\nI remember one night, Tex and me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 \r\nRappelled in on a hot L.Z.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch] \r\nWe had our 16's on rock and roll[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut with all that fire, was scared and cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was crazy and I was wild[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I have seen the tiger smile[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI spit in a bamboo viper's face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I'd be dead, but by God's grace, Drive on, [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt don't mean nothin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch] \r\nMy children love me, but they don't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I got a woman who knows her man, Drive on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                              [ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin', drive on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt was a slow walk in a sad rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd nobody tried to be John Wayne[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nI came home, Tex did not[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]B7[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I can't talk about the hit he got[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]    \r\nWell, I got a little limp now when I walk[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                 \r\nand I Got a little tremolo when I talk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBut I finally found out who I am[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                  [ch]B7[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch] \r\nI'm a walkin' talkin' miracle from Vietnam, Drive on, [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt don't mean nothin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMy children love me, but they don't understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I got a woman who knows her man, Drive on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                             [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin', drive on[/tab]","plain_text":"Drive on \n\nThis is the version from when he performed this song at the Manhattan centre in 1994 \n\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nE E Em E E Em E\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","Em","A","B7","B","G","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}