Chords for Drive by The Cars – Totally Guitars Lesson Preview

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_ _ He's gonna tell you when _ it's too late _
He's _ _ gonna tell you _ things of the sort you're _ afraid
[Gb] _ [Bbm] _ _ You can [Eb] go on thinking [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] nothing's wrong with [Db] you
He's gonna drive you home tonight _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ He's gonna _ _ _ _ drive _ _ _ _ you _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ home tonight _
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[Db] _ _ _ _ [B] _ He's _ _ gonna drive you home tonight _ _ _
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_ _ _ I'll break it down in the lesson for sure there, of course.
Now, so this is one way.
The other is if you listen to the original recording, [E] which if you want to play along with that,
indeed, match it by putting your capo, I'm there now, on the second fret.
And then [B] playing the same chord.
It has slightly a couple of different things happening in the progression though, which I will of course cover.
So that's a little different, but also the groove.
It's kind of more _ like_ _ _ _ _ _
One and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and one and two and three and four and_
Kind of like so.
So copying what the bass player and the drums is doing.
But another approach could be what the synthesizer is doing.
He, or I don't know who plays it, plays more like this. _ _ _ _ _ _
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So indeed, this is really a matter of taste, as in what feel you want to establish there.
How Rick plays it by himself, I actually find it very relaxing, but I also really like the groove of the original there.
So indeed, a couple of ways to approach this.
Another thing is, I was earlier on the fourth fret, to indeed match the range of my voice a bit better there.
And I [N] could even do it a half step higher, which would take you to the absolute key of D.
You might as well play it in the key of D then, like maybe females would like to do.
And if you do so, then you might as well also do it in drop D tuning.
That gives you that low bass note, which I very much [E] like.
Do I have the guitar [D] in_
[Dm] No, I don't have the guitar in drop [Ebm] D.
It doesn't matter.
[N] You will see in the lesson.
So I will cover the progression in the key of D, drop D tuning [Db] there.
Well, you don't have to drop the [E] bottom string there if you want to play it just like, you know, without it.
That is just totally fine there as well.
Ok, so this turned out into a longer lesson than I had planned.
But I hope you will find something in there which you like to play yourself, obviously.
So if [N] you're interested in, well, whichever version, then check it out at totallyguitars.com. _ _ _ _