This file contains a typed version of Bryce Inman's chord transcription published in the Caedmon's Call (self-titled album) Songbook, available for sale here. It is shared on the web by permission.
Name: Bus Driver
by: Caedmon's Call
CD: Self-Titled
Words and Music by Derek Webb
Copyright © 1997 Cumbee Road Music
Transcribed by Bryce Inman (from the Caedmon's Call Songbook)
http://caedmonscall.com/guitar_tab/songbook.shtml
More tab available at http://www.t-rev.net
G 3x0033
G/F# 2x0033
G/E 02x033
G2/D xx0233
C x3x033
D4/F# 2x0233
Bb2 x13311
C2 x32030
Em9 020032
D2 x00230
D2sus/C x30030
D2sus/B x20030
D2sus/Bb x10030
D/A x02030
-Intro-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# (6x)
-Verse 1-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C
I am a bus driver
G G2/D D(4)/F# G
and it's four in the morning
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# G
And I'm pressing out my clothes beside my bed
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
Fourteen years been on the job and with many miles behind
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
Still I'm up at three thirty to make sure I'm there on time
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# G
My car gets me along just fine to and from the station
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
But my castle is this Houston Metro Bus
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
My first stop is Ashbury.
G2/D D(4)/F# G
And the sign's been gone for years
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
but all the same the people wait cause they know that I'll be there.
-Chorus-
Bb2 C2 G Em9
What would you say if I told you that I won't be by today?
Bb2 C2 D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
Would you say that I'm just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B D/A
and what do I know?
-Verse 2-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
Well, I'm always there by five fifteen
G2/D D(4)/F# G
and lately I've been early
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
'cause Judith likes to be in early to the bank.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# G
And she gives me conversation and a token good for riding.
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
And she's hapyy all alone
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
And then there's Charles in retail sales;
G2/D D(4)/F# G
and I hope they pay him well
G/F# G/E G/D2 C G G2/D D(4)/F#
for the work that young man does
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
Cause I've never seen the inside
G2/D D(4)/F# G
of a custom refrigerator
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D
but I know he's the first and last one there
-Chorus-
Bb2 C2 G Em9
What would you say if I told you that I won't be by today?
Bb2 C2 D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
Would you say that I'm just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B D/A
and what do I know?
D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/C D/A
And what do I know.
-Piano solo-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F# (4x)
-Vesre 3-
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
I wonder what they do all day,
G2/D D(4)/F#
and their respective works.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
Suppose they give money and take money away.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
Still, I'm just orbiting this town
G2/D D(4)/F# G
with the post office my sun.
G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
And I'm circling again.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
And I wonder how this world would be
G2/D D(4)/F# G G/F# G/E G2/D C G G2/D D(4)/F#
if I was never here to drive this bus around from Ashbury to Main.
G G/F# G/E G2/D C G
Suppose this town would be the same
G2/D D(4)/F# G
but with one bus less exhaust.
G/F# G/E G2/D C G
But that bank and retail stores,
G2/D D(4)/F# Bb2
they just wouldn't be the same.
C2 G Em9 Bb2
But what can I see from the limited confines of my bus driving seat?
C2
Only me.
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
And I'm just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb
and what do I know,
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B
just a bus driver
D2(sus)/Bb D2
and it's time to go home.
D2 D2(sus)/C D2(sus)/B D/A G
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