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DRIVE
 
As recorded by The Cars
(From the 1984 Album HEARTBEAT CITY)
 
Words and Music by Ric Ocasek
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ric Ocasek - Synthesizer'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Greg Hawkes - Keyboard'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Greg Hawkes - Synthesizer'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=83
  B          Bmaj7      B
 4/4
  Gtr I (Synth. arr. for Gtr.)
  W          W          W          +W
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-9--------|-8--------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|-6--------|-6--------|-6--------|-(6)----|
|-7--------|-7--------|-7--------|-(7)----|
 
 
                               Bmaj7
   W                            W
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--9-------------------------|--8-------------------------|
|--6-------------------------|--6-------------------------|
|--7-------------------------|--7-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Keybd. arr. for Gtr.)
|  E   S  S  e    S S +H        E   S  S  e    S S +H
|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|
|-12--------12---------------|-12--------12---------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III (Synth. arr. for Gtr.)
|  S S E     S E    S +H        S S E     S E    S +H
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|----3-------3------3-(3)----|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
 
 
  B
   W                           +W
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--4-------------------------|-(4)-------------------------|
|--6-------------------------|-(6)-------------------------|
|--7-------------------------|-(7)-------------------------|
|
|  E   S  S  e    S S +H        E    S  S  e    S S +H
|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|-------9-11------11-9-(9)----|
|-12--------12---------------|-12---------12---------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|  S S E     S E    S +H        S  S E     S E    S +H
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|-----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|-----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|-----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
   1st Verse
    B                    Bmaj7
    Gtr I
    W                    W
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--9------------------|-8------------------|
||o-6------------------|-6------------------|
||--7------------------|-7------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|   S S E S E S +H       S S E S E S +H
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
||----4---4---4-(4)----|---3---3---3-(3)----|
||----4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  B
  W                    +W
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|-4------------------|-(4)-------------------||
|-6------------------|-(6)------------------o||
|-7------------------|-(7)-------------------||
|
| S S E S E S +H        S  S E S E S +H
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|-----4---4---4-(4)----o||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|-----4---4---4-(4)-----||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|-----4---4---4-(4)-----||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  G#m                  C#5
  W                    W
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|-4------------------|-9------------------|
|-4------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-4------------------|
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|
| S S E S E S +H       S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---9---9---9-(9)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  G#m                  C#5
  W                    W
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|-4------------------|-9------------------|
|-4------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-4------------------|
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|
| S S E S E S +H       S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---9---9---9-(9)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  B/F#                 F#6
  W                    W
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-4------------------|-4------------------|
|-4------------------|-3------------------|
|-4------------------|-4------------------|
|-2------------------|--------------------|
|-2------------------|-2------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W                    W
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S E S E S +H       S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---3---3---3-(3)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  B
   W                           +W
|--2-------------------------|-(2)-------------------------||
|--4-------------------------|-(4)-------------------------||
|--4-------------------------|-(4)-------------------------||
|--4-------------------------|-(4)-------------------------||
|--2-------------------------|-(2)-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
|  E   S  S  e    S S +H        E    S  S  e    S S +H
|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|-------9-11------11-9-(9)----||
|-12--------12---------------|-12---------12---------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
|  S S E     S E    S +H        S  S E     S E    S +H
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|-----4-------4------4-(4)----||
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|-----4-------4------4-(4)----||
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|-----4-------4------4-(4)----||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
 
 
   2nd Verse
    B                    Bmaj7
    W                    W
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--9------------------|-8------------------|
||o-6------------------|-6------------------|
||--7------------------|-7------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|   S S E S E S +H       S S E S E S +H
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
||----4---4---4-(4)----|---3---3---3-(3)----|
||----4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  B
  W                    +W
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|-4------------------|-(4)-------------------||
|-6------------------|-(6)------------------o||
|-7------------------|-(7)-------------------||
|
| S S E S E S +H        S  S E S E S +H
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|-----4---4---4-(4)----o||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|-----4---4---4-(4)-----||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|-----4---4---4-(4)-----||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
 
 
   3rd & 4th Verses
    $
    B                             Bmaj7
     W                             W
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||---9--------------------------|--8--------------------------|
||o--6--------------------------|--6--------------------------|
||---7--------------------------|--7--------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|    E   S  S  e  S  S  +H         E   S  S  e  S  S  +H
||-------9-11----11--9--(9)-----|------9-11----11--9--(9)-----|
||o-12--------12----------------|-12--------12----------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|   Gtr III
|    S E    S  E  S +H        S    S E    S  E  S +H        S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o--4------4-----4-(4)---------|--4------4-----4-(4)---------|
||---4------4-----4-(4)---------|--3------3-----3-(3)---------|
||---4------4-----4-(4)---------|--4------4-----4-(4)---------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  B
   W                            +W
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--4--------------------------|-(4)---------------------------||
|--6--------------------------|-(6)--------------------------o||
|--7--------------------------|-(7)---------------------------||
|
|  E   S  S  e  S  S  +H         E    S  S  e  S  S  +H
|------9-11----11--9--(9)-----|-------9-11----11--9--(9)------||
|-12--------12----------------|-12---------12----------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
|  S E    S  E  S +H        S    S  E    S  E  S +H        S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--4------4-----4-(4)---------|--4-------4-----4-(4)---------o||
|--4------4-----4-(4)---------|--4-------4-----4-(4)----------||
|--4------4-----4-(4)---------|--4-------4-----4-(4)----------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  G#m                  C#5
  W                    W
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|-4------------------|-9------------------|
|-4------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-4------------------|
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S E S E S +H       S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---9---9---9-(9)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  G#m                  C#5
  W                    W
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|-4------------------|-9------------------|
|-4------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-4------------------|
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|
| S S E S E S +H       S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---9---9---9-(9)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
                                To Coda
  B/F#                 F#6
  W                    W
|--------------------|--------------------||
|-4------------------|-4------------------||
|-4------------------|-3------------------||
|-4------------------|-4------------------||
|-2------------------|--------------------||
|-2------------------|-2------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W                    W
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| S S E S E S +H       S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---3---3---3-(3)----||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
 
 
 Interlude
  B                                       G#m
   W                                       W
|--2------------------------------------|--4-----------------------------|
|--4------------------------------------|--4-----------------------------|
|--4------------------------------------|--4-----------------------------|
|--4------------------------------------|--6-----------------------------|
|--2------------------------------------|--6-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--4-----------------------------|
|
|  S  E.     S  E.     S  E.     +Q        S S  E  S E    S +H
|--9-11------9---------9-11-----(11)----|--------------------------------|
|--------------12-----------------------|----4-----4------4-(4)----------|
|---------------------------------------|----4-----4------4-(4)----------|
|---------------------------------------|----6-----6------6-(6)----------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|  e      e  e      e  e      e   e   e    e    e  e    e    e   e  e  e
|-11-----11-11-----11-11-----11--11--11-|-11---11-11---11---11--11-11-11-|
|-12-----12-12-----12-12-----12--12--12-|-12---12-12---12---12--12-12-12-|
|-11-----11-11-----11-11-----11--11--11-|-13---13-13---13---13--13-13-13-|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 
 
  B                                       G#m
   W                                       W
|--2------------------------------------|--4----------------------|
|--4------------------------------------|--4----------------------|
|--4------------------------------------|--4----------------------|
|--4------------------------------------|--6----------------------|
|--2------------------------------------|--6----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--4----------------------|
|
|  S  E.     S  E.     S  E.     +Q        W
|--9-11------9---------9-11-----(11)----|-------------------------|
|--------------12-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  e      e  e      e  e      e   e   e    e  e  e  e  e  e  e  e
|-11-----11-11-----11-11-----11--11--11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-12-----12-12-----12-12-----12--12--12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-11-----11-11-----11-11-----11--11--11-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
  D#m                              E
  W                                W
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|-7------------------------------|-9----------------|
|-8------------------------------|-9----------------|
|-8------------------------------|-9----------------|
|-6------------------------------|-7----------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|
| S  E.   S  E.   S  E.    +Q      W
|-9-11----9-------9-11----(11)---|------------------|
|-----------11-------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|
| e     e e     e e     e   e  E   e e e e e e e e
|-6-----6-6-----6-6-----6---6--6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7---7--7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-8-----8-8-----8-8-----8---8--8-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
 
 
                                                                 D.S. al Coda &
  B/F#                                    F#
   W                                       W
|---------------------------------------|--2----------------------------------||
|--4------------------------------------|--2----------------------------------||
|--4------------------------------------|--3----------------------------------||
|--4------------------------------------|--4----------------------------------||
|--2------------------------------------|--4----------------------------------||
|--2------------------------------------|--2----------------------------------||
|
|  S  E.     S  E.     S  E.     +Q        Q     +E   S  S  +Q      S  E.
|--9-11------9---------9-11-----(11)----|------------14------------14---------||
|--------------12-----------------------|-11----(11)----12-(12)-------14------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|
|  e      e  e      e  e      e   e   e    e  e   e   e      e   e  e      e
|-11-----11-11-----11-11-----11--11--11-|--9--9---9---9------9---9--9------9--||
|-12-----12-12-----12-12-----12--12--12-|-11-11--11--11-----11--11-11-----11--||
|-11-----11-11-----11-11-----11--11--11-|-11-11--11--11-----11--11-11-----11--||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
 
 
  B                    G#m
  W                    W
|--------------------|-4------------------|
|--------------------|-4------------------|
|--------------------|-4------------------|
|-9------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-6------------------|
|-7------------------|-4------------------|
|
| W                    W
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| S S E S E S +H       S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  C#5                  G#m
  W                    W
|--------------------|-4------------------|
|-9------------------|-4------------------|
|-6------------------|-4------------------|
|-6------------------|-6------------------|
|-4------------------|-6------------------|
|--------------------|-4------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S E S E S +H       S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---9---9---9-(9)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  C#5                  B/F#                 F#6
  W                    W                    W
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|-9------------------|-4------------------|-4------------------||
|-6------------------|-4------------------|-3------------------||
|-6------------------|-4------------------|-4------------------||
|-4------------------|-2------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|-2------------------|-2------------------||
|
| S S E S E S +H       S S E S E S +H       S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|---9---9---9-(9)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----||
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|---3---3---3-(3)----||
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----||
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
 
 
 Outro
  B
   W                            W
|--2-------------------------|--2-------------------------|
|--4-------------------------|--4-------------------------|
|--4-------------------------|--4-------------------------|
|--4-------------------------|--4-------------------------|
|--2-------------------------|--2-------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  E   S  S  e    S S +H        E   S  S  e    S S +H
|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|
|-12--------12---------------|-12--------12---------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  S S E     S E    S +H        S S E     S E    S +H
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
 
 
   W                            W           +W
|--2-------------------------|--2--------|--(2)----*|
|--4-------------------------|--4--------|--(4)----*|
|--4-------------------------|--4--------|--(4)----*|
|--4-------------------------|--4--------|--(4)----*|
|--2-------------------------|--2--------|--(2)----*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|
|  E   S  S  e    S S +H        W           +W
|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|-14--------|-(14)----*|
|-12--------12---------------|-12--------|-(12)----*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|
|  S S E     S E    S +H        W           +W
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|--4--------|--(4)----*|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|--4--------|--(4)----*|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|--4--------|--(4)----*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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