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Version 1 Version 3Capo on 4th fret. The G C D repeat through out the song. Comments mail to [Verse 1] G D was painted red, the stripe was white C D was eighteen feet from bow to stern lite G D was second hand from a dealer in atlanta C D I rode up with daddy when he went up to get her G D put on a shine put on a motor C D built out of love and made for water G D ran her for years til the transom got rotten C D a piece of my childhood will never be forgotten [Chorus] G D It was just an old plywood boot, C D a 75 johnson with an electric choke G D a young boy two hands on the wheel C D I cant replace the way it made me feel G D and I would turn her sharp and Id make it whine C D an he'd say: you cant beat the way an old wood boat rides G D just a little lake cross the Alabama line C D but I was king of the ocean when daddy let me... drive [Verse 2] just an old half ton short Bedford that my uncle bought new in 64 daddy got it ridin 'cause the engine was smokin' a couple of burnt valves and he had it goin' he let me drive her and wed haul off a load down a dirt strip were we'd dump trash off the thick end road I'd set up in the seat stretch my feet out to the pedals smilin' like a hero who'd just receiveds his medal [Chorus] it was just an old hand me down ford with three speed on the column and a dent in the door a young boy with two hands on the wheel I cant describe the way it made me feel I would press that clutch and I would keep it riding and he'd say: a little slower son you're doin' just fine just an old dirt road with trash on each side but I was Mario Andretti when daddy let me... drive [Bridge] I'm grown up now three daughters of my own I let em drive my old jeep across the pasture at our home maybe one day theyll reach back in their file and pull out that old memory and think of me and smile and say [Chorus] it was just an old worn out jeep with rusted out floorboards hot on my feet a young girl two hands on the wheel I cant replace the way it made me feel an he'd say turn it left and steer it right straighten up girl now you're doin' just fine just a little valley by the river where we'd ride but I was high on the mountain when daddy let me... drive she's just an old plywood boat with a 75 johnson an electric choke.