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Tuning: Standard
Intro:
E
EFebruary morning, my car won't start today
EI turned the key at 8:03 and the battery passed away
EInside a' my automobile
EI want my automobile
EI want my automobile
I want to Bdrive it all around this Eworld
EBride's gettin' married in the Springtime
EWidow's gettin married in the Fall
EI got married in high school
EOr I wouldn't of got married at all
EI'd be drivin' my automobile
EBe drivin' my automobile
EBe drivin' my automobile
I wanna Bdrive it all around this Eworld
EEverybody said to the new groom
EGroom, what ya gonna be
EI said I'm gonna be a symphony
EJust as soon as I find a key
ETo my automobile
EI want my automobile
EI want my automobile
BAll around this Eworld
E A B E
EColumbus sailed the ocean
EMoses parted the sea
EDolores left me yesterday
EWell, I think she took the key
ETo my automobile
EI want my automobile
EI want my automobile
Wanna Bdrive it all around this Eworld
ENow I held a little bitty baby
EI held a woman all night
EWhenever I get the hiccups
EI hold my breath 'til my head gets light
EThen I drive my automobile
EYeah I drive my automobile
EI drive my automobile
I'm want to Bdrive it all around this Eworld
(Repeat Break)
EFebruary morning, my car won't start today
EI turned the key at 8:03 and the battery passed away
EInside a' my automobile
EI want my automobile
EI want my automobile
I want to Bdrive it all around this Eworld
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