Driver 8
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
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The walls are built up, stone by sto-ne
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the fields divided one by one.
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And the train conductor says,
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Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
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we've been on this shift too long
CHORUS:
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And the train conductor says,
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Take a break Driver 8, Driver 8 take a break
-4 -4 4 -4 4 -3 -3 -3” -3 4 -3 3 -3”
We can reach our destination, still a ways away
-3 -3 -3 4 -3 3 -3”
(But we’re still a way’s away)
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I saw a treehouse on the outskirts of the farm.
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Power lines have floaters
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so the airplanes won't get snagged.
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Bells are ringing through the town again,
5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 -3 4 -3
Children look up, all they hear is sky blue, bells ringing
[REPEAT CHORUS]
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Still a ways away
-3 -3 -3 4 -3 3 -3”
(But we’re still a way’s away)
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Way to shield the hated heat.
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Way to put myself to sleep.
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Way to shield the hated heat.
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Way to put myself, my children t’sleep.
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Piloted this song in a plane like that one.
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She is selling faith on the Go Tell crusade.
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Locomotive 8, Southern Crescent, hear the bells ring again.
5 5 5 4 4 4 5
Th’field to weed is lookin' thin
[REPEAT CHORUS]
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Still a ways away
-3 -3 -3 4 -3 3 -3”
(But we’re still a way’s away)