David Bowie - She'll Drive the Big Car: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "She'll Drive the Big Car" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C
She waited by the moon
         C/D
She was sick with fear and cold
     C
She felt too old for all of this
    C/D
Of course she never showed
     A#
She lugged her suitcase to the bus
Melted home through the snow
             F
North along Riverside

She slips beneath the sheets
A husband's quiet devoted wife
But strangers, sad and nervous
By the dawn's early light
Love lies like a dead cloud
On a shabby, yellow lawn
Up on Riverside

Chorus:
F#m
She'll drive the big car
A
He'll sit behind
D
She'll keep an eye on Jessica
South along the Hudson
F#m
She'll turn the radio high
         A
Find a station playing sad, sad soul
D
Just a little bit louder now
(Just a little bit louder now)
South along the Hudson yeah
(I'll bring you there)

Just a little bit faster now
(Just a little bit faster now)
Just a little bit louder now
(Just a little bit louder now/I'll bring you there)
Just a little bit angry now
(Just a little bit angry now)
South along the Hudson, yeah
(I'll bring you there)
And she'll drive the big car
And talk herself insane
(I'll bring you there)

F
Just a little bit louder now
(Just a little bit louder now)
Just a little bit angry now
(I'll bring you there)

Way back when millennium
Meant racing to the light
He promised her a dream-life
He'd take her back to street-life
Away from violent water
With its cormorants and leaves
Up on Riverside

Chorus:
She'll drive the big car
But he'll sit behind
Bursting her bubbles of Ludlow and Grand
South along the Hudson
She'll turn the radio way up high
Find a station playing sad, sad soul
Just a little bit louder now
(Just a little bit louder now)
South along the Hudson
(I'll bring you there)

Just a little bit faster now
(Just a little bit faster now)
Just a little bit louder now
(Just a little bit louder now/I'll bring you there)
Just a little bit angry now
(Just a little bit angry now)
South along the Hudson
(I'll bring you there)
Just a little bit faster now
(Just a little bit faster now)
Just a little bit louder now
(Just a little bit louder now/I'll bring you there)
Just a little bit angry now
(Just a little bit angry now)
South along the Hudson, yeah
(I'll bring you there)
She'll drive the big car
He'll sit behind
(I'll bring you there)
She'll keep an eye on Jessica
Just a little bit faster now
(I'll bring you there)
Just a little bit faster now


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

F

Guitar chord F

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "She'll Drive the Big Car" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "She'll Drive the Big Car" by David Bowie.

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