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DRIVER 8

riff: (G) -------------------4---0---0---0---0---0---
(D) ---------------s-5----5---5--4---2---0-----
(A) --------2-0-2-3----------------------------
(E) 0-0-2-3------------------------------------ repeat....
>
Em Am G G/F#
> The walls are built up stone by stone
Em Am G G/F#
> The fields divided one by one
Em Am
> And the train conductor says
G G/F# Em Am
> Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break
G G/F#
> We've been on this shift too long
>
D C D
> And the train conductor says
C D C D
> Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break
C Em Em/F# Em/G Em/F# Em Em/F# Em/G Em/F#
> We can reach our destination, but we're still a ways away

{on that part, you can play the Em Em/F# Em/G Em chords, or you can play
this riff:

(D)------0-------0------0--------0--
(A) ---2-------2------2-------2-----
(E) -0-------2------3------2--------
>
> Saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm
> Power lines have floaters so the airplanes won't get snagged
> Bells are ringing through the town again
> Children look up all they hear is sky-blue bells ringing
>
Am C
> Way to seal the hated heat
G D
> Way to put myself to sleep
Am C
> Way to seal the hated heat
G D/Dsus4
> Way to put myself my children to sleep
>
> Pilot did this song in a plane like that one
> She is selling faith on a hotel crusade
> Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent hear the bells ring again
> This field of wheat is looking thin
>
> And the train conductor says
> Take a break driver 8, driver 8 take a break
> We've been on this shift too long

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