Ford Chords

Standard Tuning EADGBE
 
Strumming pattern is pretty simple. Bass note on quarter notes, upper strings on the off beat.
 
Sometimes on the transition from C to Dm, he plays a Db to walk up to Dm.
 
 
 
[Verse]
F                     C
Tryin', tired but I'm tryin'
                    Dm
This hill I've been climbin'
                   Bb
Oh I can't see the top
F                        C
Old man, can you help me understand
                Dm
Why I'm on this planet?
                     Bb
How do you know when to stop?
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
C
Working for a dollar
                    Bb
Well that's how you make a man feel broke
C
Working for a dollar
           Bb
That's the only thing I know
 
 
[Chorus]
F
Just drive an old Ford
C
Count blessings and praise the Lord
Dm
Have less make it feel like more
Bb
Leave work at the front door
F
Work hard and you get paid
C
Don't give em your best days
Dm
Only so many left, save
Bb
Some of 'em up for the ones worth saving 'em for
 
F C Dm Bb
 
 
[Verse]
F                         C
Patience, I've run out of patience
           Dm
I need a vacation
              Bb
I need out of this shift
F                           C
Skydive, maybe see how fast I can drive
                 Dm
Too young to not feel alive
                    Bb
And I'm caught in a ditch
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
C
Passin' me a bottle
              Bb
Oldman starts rollin' his own smoke
          C
Says "you lost me at dollar
           Bb
Here's the only thing I know"
 
 
[Chorus]
F
Just drive an old Ford
C
Count blessings and praise the Lord
Dm
Have less make it feel like more
Bb
Leave work at the front door
 
F
Work hard and you get paid
C
Don't give em your best days
Dm
Only so many left, save
Bb
Some of 'em up for the ones worth saving 'em for
 
 
[Bridge]
C                                     Bb                F
Once you find your love, you hold her close and say her name
C                          Bb                F
No amount of money's gonna make you feel the same
          C
Can't you see?
          C7
Can't you see?
 
 
[Chorus]
F
Just drive an old Ford
C
Count blessings and praise the Lord
Dm
Have less make it feel like more
Bb
Leave work at the front door
F
Work hard and you get paid
C
Don't give em your best days
Dm
Only so many left, save
Bb
Some of 'em up for the ones worth saving 'em for
 
 
[Outro]
F
La la
C
la la la la
Dm
la la la la
Bb
la la la la
F
La la
C
la la la la
Dm
la la la la
Bb
la la la la
X