"Drive" Written by Bic Runga, from "Drive". Transcribed by Matthew King. ------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a couple of ways you can play this. I saw Bic perform it solo, she used a capo on the fifth fret, but it sounds good playing it at the fifth fret position with out a capo too, you get some dissonant Pink Floyd-ish/Neil Young-ish notes resonating. Alternatively you could work it out and play it down in the open chord position. The main trick to this tune is the ascending and descending base line. The way I've interpreted it for the purpose of the transcription is that all of the chords are Dm with different bass notes. I've written the chord shapes as they are played, above the fifth fret except that I use a 0 to denote an open string instead of writing it as 5. I use my thumb to fret the Bb note in the Dm/Bb chord, and I use my pinky to fret the C note in the other chord. She also throws in a Dm with an A passing note in a couple of places which sounds really sweet. In order to put all of this together with correct timing and finger picking, listen to the CD! Here's the chord shapes. Capo at 5th fret Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb Dm/A |-----X-------------X-----------X-----------------0----------------- |-----6-------------6------------6-----------------6------------------ |-----7-------------7------------7-----------------7--------------------- |-----7-------------7------------7-----------------7---------------------- |-----0-------------X-----------X-----------------X----------------------- |-----X-------------8-----------6------------------0------------------------ - [T] [Dm]I know it's [Dm/C]late now I [Dm/Bb]know I ought to [Dm/C]go [Dm]Ride in your [Dm/C]car now but [Dm/Bb]please don't drop me [Dm/C]home [Dm]My heads so [Dm/C]heavy could [Dm/Bb]this be all a [Dm/C]dream [Dm]Promise me [Dm/C]maybes and [Dm/Bb]say things you don't [Dm/C]mean [Dm/Bb]Rain fall from [Dm/C]concrete coloured [Dm]skies [Dm/A] [Dm/Bb]No boy don't [Dm/C]speak now you just [Dm]drive [Dm/C]Drive [Dm/Bb]Drive Take me [Dm/C]through make me feel [Dm]alive [Dm/C]Alive When [Dm/Bb]I ride with [Dm/C]you [Dm]Keep my heart [Dm/C]turning on [Dm/Bb]axles around [Dm/C]you [Dm]Keep our love [Dm/C]burning just [Dm/Bb]like it used to [Dm/C]do [Dm]Now just for [Dm/C]us think we could [Dm/Bb]play our favourite [Dm/C]tune [Dm]Lets not dis[Dm/C]cuss all these [Dm/Bb]things we can't [Dm/C]undo Let [Dm/Bb]rain fall from [Dm/C]concrete coloured [Dm]skies [Dm/A] [Dm/Bb]No boy don't [Dm/C]speak now you just [Dm]drive [Dm/C]Drive [Dm/Bb]Drive Speed me [Dm/C] through make me feel [Dm]alive [Dm/C]Alive When [Dm/Bb]I ride with [Dm/C]you [Dm/Bb]Rain fall from [Dm/C]concrete coloured [Dm]skies [Dm/A] [Dm/Bb]No boy don't [Dm/C]speak now you just [Dm]drive