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The Driver

Bastille

RockMedium for beginners12 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am×
Dm××
Em
F
G
E
D××
C×
A×
F7Diagram coming soon
G6Diagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Am  | Dm  Am  | Dm  Am  | Em  Am  | 
 
verse 1 
Am                     Dm           Am  
   Shout out from the bottom of my lungs 
    Dm       Am        Em    Am   
A plague on both your hou - ses 
Am                      Dm    Am  
    This thing, it?s a family affair 
       Dm    Am      Em  Am   
It?s drawing out my weakness 
 
Pre-Chorus                                   
F                    G      * E D C A C *    
    Big boys don?t cry 
F                    G      * E D C A C *    
    They don?t ask why 
 
Chorus 
Am               F           G            Am           
    There was a time when a moment like this 
 F                  Am      Em    Am  
Wouldn?t ever cro - oss my mind 
Am                F            G            Am           
    The sun will rise with my name on your lips 
        F                     Am         Em   Am  
 ?Cause everything will cha - ange    toni  -  ight 
 
 
BRIDGE 
 
| Am  | Dm  Am  | Dm  Am  | Em  Am  | 
 
Am                         F7+  
I want to be back on the ground 
          G6             Am    G   
Where my feet touch my shadow 
   Am                          F7+  
I want to dig my heels in the dirt 
          G6                  C         G/B   
Feel it break between all of my    toes 
Am                          F7+  
Anything to stop floating ?round 
          G6                Am      G       F  
Bring me down, back down below, oh, oh, oh, oh 
 
 
verse 2 
Am                   Dm             Am  
    Take bread, and push the anger down 
     Dm   Am     Em  Am   
Try to remember calmness 
 
Pre-Chorus 
F                    G      * E D C A C *    
    Big boys don?t cry 
F                    G      * E D C A C *    
    They don?t ask why 
 
Chorus 
Am               F           G            Am           
    There was a time when a moment like this 
 F                  Am      Em    Am  
Wouldn?t ever cro - oss my mind 
Am                F            G            Am           
    The sun will rise with my name on your lips 
        F                     Am         Em   Am  
 ?Cause everything will cha - ange    toni  -  ight 
 
 
| Am  | F   | G   | Am  | 
| F   | Am  | Em  | Am  | 
 
| Am  | F   | G   | Am  | 
| F   | Am  | Em  | Am  | 
 
 
verse 3 
Am                        Dm          Am  
    Hey now, what?s the gravity upon your face 
   Dm      Am          Em    Am   
So I?m the one who?s blee - ding 
 
Am                     Dm               Am  
    Real men, always thinkin? with our fists 
    Dm      Am     Em    Am   
My turn to be the vic - tim 
 
 
Pre-Chorus 
F                    G      * E D C A C *    
    Big boys don?t cry 
F                    G      * E D C A C *    
    They don?t ask why 
 
Chorus 
Am               F           G            Am           
    There was a time when a moment like this 
 F                  Am      Em    Am  
Wouldn?t ever cro - oss my mind 
Am                F            G            Am           
    The sun will rise with my name on your lips 
        F                     Am         Em   Am  
 ?Cause everything will cha - ange    toni  -  ight 
 
 
Am               F           G            Am           
    There was a time when a moment like this 
 F                  Am      Em    Am  
Wouldn?t ever cro - oss my mind 
 
 
ENDING 
Am                F            G            Am   G   Em          
    The sun will rise with my name on your lips 
        F                     Am         Em    Am   
 ?Cause everything will cha - ange    toni  -  ight 
          
 

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Chord set

Am · Dm · Em · F · G · E · D · C · A · F7 · G6 · B

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.