Autoscroll
1 Column
Text size
Transpose 0
DRIVE
As recorded by The Cars
(From the 1984 Album HEARTBEAT CITY)
Words and Music by Ric Ocasek
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ric Ocasek - Synthesizer'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Greg Hawkes - Keyboard'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Greg Hawkes - Synthesizer'
Intro
Q=83
B Bmaj7 B
4/4
Gtr I (Synth. arr. for Gtr.)
W W W +W
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-9--------|-8--------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|-6--------|-6--------|-6--------|-(6)----|
|-7--------|-7--------|-7--------|-(7)----|
W Bmaj7 W
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--9-------------------------|--8-------------------------|
|--6-------------------------|--6-------------------------|
|--7-------------------------|--7-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Keybd. arr. for Gtr.)
| E S S e S S +H E S S e S S +H
|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|
|-12--------12---------------|-12--------12---------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III (Synth. arr. for Gtr.)
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|----3-------3------3-(3)----|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B W +W
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--4-------------------------|-(4)-------------------------|
|--6-------------------------|-(6)-------------------------|
|--7-------------------------|-(7)-------------------------|
|
| E S S e S S +H E S S e S S +H
|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|-------9-11------11-9-(9)----|
|-12--------12---------------|-12---------12---------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|-----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|-----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|-----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
1st Verse
BGtr I Bmaj7
W W
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--9------------------|-8------------------|
||o-6------------------|-6------------------|
||--7------------------|-7------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
||----4---4---4-(4)----|---3---3---3-(3)----|
||----4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
BW +W
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|-4------------------|-(4)-------------------||
|-6------------------|-(6)------------------o||
|-7------------------|-(7)-------------------||
|
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|-----4---4---4-(4)----o||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|-----4---4---4-(4)-----||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|-----4---4---4-(4)-----||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
Chorus
G#mW C#5W
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|-4------------------|-9------------------|
|-4------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-4------------------|
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---9---9---9-(9)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
G#mW C#5W
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|-4------------------|-9------------------|
|-4------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-4------------------|
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---9---9---9-(9)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
B/F#W F#6W
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-4------------------|-4------------------|
|-4------------------|-3------------------|
|-4------------------|-4------------------|
|-2------------------|--------------------|
|-2------------------|-2------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---3---3---3-(3)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
B W +W
|--2-------------------------|-(2)-------------------------||
|--4-------------------------|-(4)-------------------------||
|--4-------------------------|-(4)-------------------------||
|--4-------------------------|-(4)-------------------------||
|--2-------------------------|-(2)-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| E S S e S S +H E S S e S S +H
|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|-------9-11------11-9-(9)----||
|-12--------12---------------|-12---------12---------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|-----4-------4------4-(4)----||
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|-----4-------4------4-(4)----||
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|-----4-------4------4-(4)----||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------------||
2nd Verse
BW Bmaj7W
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--9------------------|-8------------------|
||o-6------------------|-6------------------|
||--7------------------|-7------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
||----4---4---4-(4)----|---3---3---3-(3)----|
||----4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
BW +W
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|-4------------------|-(4)-------------------||
|-6------------------|-(6)------------------o||
|-7------------------|-(7)-------------------||
|
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|-----4---4---4-(4)----o||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|-----4---4---4-(4)-----||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|-----4---4---4-(4)-----||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
3rd & 4th Verses
$
B W Bmaj7 W
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||---9--------------------------|--8--------------------------|
||o--6--------------------------|--6--------------------------|
||---7--------------------------|--7--------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E S S e S S +H E S S e S S +H
||-------9-11----11--9--(9)-----|------9-11----11--9--(9)-----|
||o-12--------12----------------|-12--------12----------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o--4------4-----4-(4)---------|--4------4-----4-(4)---------|
||---4------4-----4-(4)---------|--3------3-----3-(3)---------|
||---4------4-----4-(4)---------|--4------4-----4-(4)---------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B W +W
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--4--------------------------|-(4)---------------------------||
|--6--------------------------|-(6)--------------------------o||
|--7--------------------------|-(7)---------------------------||
|
| E S S e S S +H E S S e S S +H
|------9-11----11--9--(9)-----|-------9-11----11--9--(9)------||
|-12--------12----------------|-12---------12----------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|
| S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H S
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--4------4-----4-(4)---------|--4-------4-----4-(4)---------o||
|--4------4-----4-(4)---------|--4-------4-----4-(4)----------||
|--4------4-----4-(4)---------|--4-------4-----4-(4)----------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||
Chorus
G#mW C#5W
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|-4------------------|-9------------------|
|-4------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-4------------------|
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---9---9---9-(9)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
G#mW C#5W
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|-4------------------|-9------------------|
|-4------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-4------------------|
|-4------------------|--------------------|
|
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---9---9---9-(9)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
To Coda
B/F#W F#6W
|--------------------|--------------------||
|-4------------------|-4------------------||
|-4------------------|-3------------------||
|-4------------------|-4------------------||
|-2------------------|--------------------||
|-2------------------|-2------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---3---3---3-(3)----||
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
Interlude
B W G#m W
|--2------------------------------------|--4-----------------------------|
|--4------------------------------------|--4-----------------------------|
|--4------------------------------------|--4-----------------------------|
|--4------------------------------------|--6-----------------------------|
|--2------------------------------------|--6-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--4-----------------------------|
|
| S E. S E. S E. +Q S S E S E S +H
|--9-11------9---------9-11-----(11)----|--------------------------------|
|--------------12-----------------------|----4-----4------4-(4)----------|
|---------------------------------------|----4-----4------4-(4)----------|
|---------------------------------------|----6-----6------6-(6)----------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-11-----11-11-----11-11-----11--11--11-|-11---11-11---11---11--11-11-11-|
|-12-----12-12-----12-12-----12--12--12-|-12---12-12---12---12--12-12-12-|
|-11-----11-11-----11-11-----11--11--11-|-13---13-13---13---13--13-13-13-|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B W G#m W
|--2------------------------------------|--4----------------------|
|--4------------------------------------|--4----------------------|
|--4------------------------------------|--4----------------------|
|--4------------------------------------|--6----------------------|
|--2------------------------------------|--6----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|--4----------------------|
|
| S E. S E. S E. +Q W
|--9-11------9---------9-11-----(11)----|-------------------------|
|--------------12-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-11-----11-11-----11-11-----11--11--11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-12-----12-12-----12-12-----12--12--12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-11-----11-11-----11-11-----11--11--11-|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
D#mW EW
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|-7------------------------------|-9----------------|
|-8------------------------------|-9----------------|
|-8------------------------------|-9----------------|
|-6------------------------------|-7----------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|
| S E. S E. S E. +Q W
|-9-11----9-------9-11----(11)---|------------------|
|-----------11-------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|
| e e e e e e e E e e e e e e e e
|-6-----6-6-----6-6-----6---6--6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7---7--7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-8-----8-8-----8-8-----8---8--8-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
B/F# W F# W
|---------------------------------------|--2----------------------------------||
|--4------------------------------------|--2----------------------------------||
|--4------------------------------------|--3----------------------------------||
|--4------------------------------------|--4----------------------------------||
|--2------------------------------------|--4----------------------------------||
|--2------------------------------------|--2----------------------------------||
|
| S E. S E. S E. +Q Q +E S S +Q S E.
|--9-11------9---------9-11-----(11)----|------------14------------14---------||
|--------------12-----------------------|-11----(11)----12-(12)-------14------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|
| e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-11-----11-11-----11-11-----11--11--11-|--9--9---9---9------9---9--9------9--||
|-12-----12-12-----12-12-----12--12--12-|-11-11--11--11-----11--11-11-----11--||
|-11-----11-11-----11-11-----11--11--11-|-11-11--11--11-----11--11-11-----11--||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
BW G#mW
|--------------------|-4------------------|
|--------------------|-4------------------|
|--------------------|-4------------------|
|-9------------------|-6------------------|
|-6------------------|-6------------------|
|-7------------------|-4------------------|
|
| W W
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---4---4---4-(4)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
C#5W G#mW
|--------------------|-4------------------|
|-9------------------|-4------------------|
|-6------------------|-4------------------|
|-6------------------|-6------------------|
|-4------------------|-6------------------|
|--------------------|-4------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|---9---9---9-(9)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---6---6---6-(6)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
C#5W B/F#W F#6W
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|-9------------------|-4------------------|-4------------------||
|-6------------------|-4------------------|-3------------------||
|-6------------------|-4------------------|-4------------------||
|-4------------------|-2------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|-2------------------|-2------------------||
|
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|---9---9---9-(9)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----||
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|---3---3---3-(3)----||
|---6---6---6-(6)----|---4---4---4-(4)----|---4---4---4-(4)----||
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------||
Outro
B W W
|--2-------------------------|--2-------------------------|
|--4-------------------------|--4-------------------------|
|--4-------------------------|--4-------------------------|
|--4-------------------------|--4-------------------------|
|--2-------------------------|--2-------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E S S e S S +H E S S e S S +H
|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|
|-12--------12---------------|-12--------12---------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S E S E S +H S S E S E S +H
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|----4-------4------4-(4)----|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
W W +W
|--2-------------------------|--2--------|--(2)----*|
|--4-------------------------|--4--------|--(4)----*|
|--4-------------------------|--4--------|--(4)----*|
|--4-------------------------|--4--------|--(4)----*|
|--2-------------------------|--2--------|--(2)----*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|
| E S S e S S +H W +W
|------9-11------11-9-(9)----|-14--------|-(14)----*|
|-12--------12---------------|-12--------|-(12)----*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|
| S S E S E S +H W +W
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|--4--------|--(4)----*|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|--4--------|--(4)----*|
|----4-------4------4-(4)----|--4--------|--(4)----*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
|----------------------------|-----------|---------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths