Drive On

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Drive on
This is the version from when he performed this song at the Manhattan centre in 1994
Chords for this song
EEm A B7B7
2nd inversion
E|-0--0---0---2--2--|
B|-0--0---2---0--0--|
G|-1--0---2---2--2--|
D|-2--2---2---1--1--|
A|-2--2---0---2--0--|
E|-0--0----------2--|
Picking / Strumming style simple version only down strumming
E chord; between verses B7 chord into the E chord
E|--0-0--0--0--0---------|----2----2----2----2-----0---------|
B|--0-0--0--0--0---------|----0----0----0----0-----0---------|
G|--1-1--1--0--1---------|----2----2----2----2-----1---------|
D|--2-2--2--2--2---------|----1----1----1----1-----2---------|
A|--2-2--2--2--2---------|--2------0--2------0---2-----------|
E|--0-0--0--0--0---------|-------2---------2-----------------|
[Intro]
E E Em E E Em E
[Verse 1]
E
I got a friend named Whiskey Sam
A
He was my boonierat buddy for a year in Nam
B7
He said is my country just a little off track
E B7 E
Took 'em twenty-five years to welcome me back
[Verse 2]
E
But, it's better than not comin' back at all
A
Many a good men I saw fall
B7
And even now, every time I dream
E B7 E
I hear the men and the monkeys in the jungle scream
[Chorus]
E
Drive on, it don't mean nothin'
B7 E
My children love me, but they don't understand
A E
And I got a woman who knows her man, Drive on
E B7 E
It don't mean nothin', drive on
[Verse 3]
E
I remember one night, Tex and me
A
Rappelled in on a hot L.Z.
B7
We had our 16's on rock and roll
E B7 E
But with all that fire, was scared and cold
[Verse 4]
E
I was crazy and I was wild
A
And I have seen the tiger smile
B7
I spit in a bamboo viper's face
E B7 E
And I'd be dead, but by God's grace, Drive on,
[Chorus]
E
It don't mean nothin'
B7 E
My children love me, but they don't understand
A E
And I got a woman who knows her man, Drive on
E B7 E
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin', drive on
[Verse 5]
E
It was a slow walk in a sad rain
A
And nobody tried to be John Wayne
B7
I came home, Tex did not
E B7 E
And I can't talk about the hit he got
[Verse 6]
E
Well, I got a little limp now when I walk
A
and I Got a little tremolo when I talk
B7
But I finally found out who I am
E B7 E
I'm a walkin' talkin' miracle from Vietnam, Drive on,
[Chorus]
E
It don't mean nothin'
B7 E
My children love me, but they don't understand
A E
And I got a woman who knows her man, Drive on
E B7 E
It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin', drive on

Drive On chords and lyrics

Free chords for Drive On by Johnny Cash. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Drive on 
This is the version from when he performed this song at the Manhattan centre in 1994 
[Intro]
E E Em E E Em E
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Chorus]
[Verse 5]
[Verse 6]
[Chorus]

Drive On Chords by Johnny Cash

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Drive On Chords · Johnny Cash