May242023

Wayne Hancock – Driving My Young Life Away Chords on Piano, Ukulele

ChordsE A B7

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[Intro]
E A E B7 E

[Verse 1]
      E
Gotta make a date
tonight in El Paso
    E
I’m going there as
               B7
fast as I can go.
              E
I’ll take the road anyday,
                   A
‘cause that’s the kind
of life I’m made
    E          B7
I’m driving my young
     E
live away

[Chorus 1]
    E
I’m driving my young
 live away
    E
I’m making a living
        B7
 state to state
       E
Yeah I go from town to town,
         A
play it hard and
throw it down
    E
I’m driving my
 B7         E
 young live away

[solo]
E E B7 E A E B7 E
E E B7 E A E B7 E

[Verse 1]
     E
Yeah nothing stops the
drifting of my soul
    E
For years I get to set
             B7
 my gears on road
         E
Well the highway is my home
              A
and it’s the only one I know
     E         B7
I’m driving my young
      E
 live away

[Chorus 2]
    E
I’m driving
my young live away
    E
I’m making a living
          B7
 state to state
       E
Well I go from
town to town,
         A
play it hard and
throw it down
    E          B7
I’m driving my young
      E
live away

How to play Driving My Young Life Away: key, chords and progression

These are Driving My Young Life Away chords by Wayne Hancock on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Driving My Young Life Away by Wayne Hancock is centred on E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 3 chords: E, A and B7.

Listen for E – A – E – B7 (I – IV – I – V7 in E major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.