The Men That Drive Me Places

Intro:  C  Em Am G F

C                Em                 Am                G
Howard drives a minivan with the cruise ships from Ft. Lauderdale
       F                   G            C
And it's been that way since 1994
      C                 Em                     Am             G
Does his business on a flip phone with the most obnoxious ringtone
         F                 G                  C
I didn't ask but I can tell he's from New York
              Am                 G                F             C
And he spoke proudly of his daughter and that this fall she'd be in college
                 Dm              G           Am
And that he always wished he'd gotten his degree
          Am           G             F                 C
You can tell he came from nothing, built a future out of hustling
             Dm          G                C
And somehow I'm the one you people pay to see

(Chorus)

F              C
Oh isn't that just the way it goes
                  G                     Am
You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated
F                   C
Oh how am I the only one who knows
                Dm              G             C      ( C Em Am G F )
I'm half the man of the men who drive me places


C             Em            Am              G
Danny showed up early fifteen minutes till five thirty
         F                G                  C
Making sure that I'd be on my morning flight
            C            Em              Am                     G
He said he'd love to fix computers, but that he can't until he's fluent
        F                       G                     C
So he spends his driving money taking class at night
            Am                   G                     F                C
He wore a neatly ironed dress shirt and he helps his kids with homework
          Dm                G              Am
And deep inside I couldn't help but ask myself
     Am                    G                 F         C
Why that at night I'm up on stage, everybody knows my name
          Dm            G                 C
While Danny's early picking up somebody else

(Chorus)

F                      C
Oh isn't that just the way it goes
     G                               Am
You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated
F                        C
Oh how am I the only one who knows
   Dm             G                  C      (  C Em Am G F )
I'm half the man of the men that drive me places


(Bridge)

              Am             G               F          C
And now everything's not given, I work hard to make my living
           Dm              G            Am
But I'll give credit where I think credits due
        Am               G
Maybe you got dealt a good hand
          F                        C
Maybe you play it the best that you can
             Dm          Am         Dm         Am
But I don't know how far you'd walk without those cards
      G
In Howard and Danny's working shoes

 F                    C
But that's just the way it goes
                G                     Am
You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated
F                    C
Oh how am I the only one who knows
      Dm        G                       C
I'm half the man of the men that drive me places