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The Stone Roses – Driving South Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsE A B

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[Intro]
E A E B A B E

[Verse]
E
Driving south 'round midnight,
man, I must have been insane
A
Driving south 'round midnight
                      E
in a howling hurricane
  B
I stopped for an old man hitcher
     A
at a lonely old crossroad
   B
He said "I'm going nowhere
    A
I'm only here to see if
      E
I can steal your soul"

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[Verse 2]
E
"I'm not trying to make you,
I don't want to touch your skin
A
I know all there is to know
                           E
about you and all your sins
      B
Well, you ain't too young or pretty,
        A
and yer sure as hell can't sing
B
Any time you want to
sell your soul
A
I've got a toll-free
               E
number you can ring"
Yeah, that's what I thought
he said anyway

[Interlude]
E A E B A B E
E A E B A B A E

[Verse 3]
E
"I'm not trying to make you,
I don't want to touch your skin
A
I know all there is to know
                           E
about you and all your sins
      B
Well, you ain't too young or pretty,
        A
and yer sure as hell can't sing
B
Any time you want to sell your soul
A
I've got a toll-free
               E
number you can ring"

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[Verse 4]
E
0 800 treble six, oh yeah
A                         E
0 800 treble six, oh yeah
  B
I stopped for an old man hitcher
     A
at a lonely old crossroads
   B
He said "I'm going nowhere
   A
I'm only here to see if
      E
I can steal your soul" he got!

[Outro]
E A E B A B E
E A E B A E

How to play Driving South: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Driving South by The Stone Roses on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Driving South by The Stone Roses is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 3 chords: E, A and B.

The backbone of the song is E – A – E – B (I – IV – I – V in E major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – soh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes D, G, A (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.