The Wombats – This Car Drives All by Itself Chords on Piano & Ukulele

The Wombats – This Car Drives All by Itself Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are the chords for This Car Drives All by Itself by The Wombats on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C  Gm7  F
C  Gm7  F
 C        Gm7       F
This car drives all by itself
      C       Gm7        F
And this car drives all by itself
C  Gm7  F
C  Gm7  F

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[Verse 1]
                C
And you could force it but
 it doesn't want to move an inch
          Gm7                   F
You can't buy its loyalty this time
         C
You can tempt it with a pocket
full of shiny things
              Gm7                   F
Though there's no room left in paradise

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[Pre-Chorus]
         C
And the kids aren't wrong

And the kids aren't wrong
        Gm7                     F
And the kids aren't wrong this time
C
  I'm not looking for a spark in
                  Gm7           F
 the heart of the lights (the lights)

[Chorus]
 C        Gm7       F
This car drives all by itself
     C        Gm7        F
And this car drives all by itself

[Verse 2]
         C
You can track the use behind you,
 you can let them ghost
               Gm7
Though she'll laugh at
                  F
you behind your back
             C
There's no water here,
there's just a wide open road
        Gm7                     F
And it leads you up the garden path

[Pre-Chorus]
         C
And the kids aren't wrong

And the kids aren't wrong
         Gm7                     F
And the kids aren't wrong this time
C
 I'm not looking for a spark
                      Gm7          F
in the heart of the lights (the lights)

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[Chorus]
  C        Gm7      F
This car drives all by itself
      C       Gm7       F
And this car drives all by itself
     C         Gm7      F
And this car drives all by itself
     C        Gm7       F
And this car drives all by itself

[Instrumental Break]
C   Gm7   F
C   Gm7   F
C   Gm7   F
C   Gm7   Bb

[Bridge]
Gm7
 I see a tunnel at the
              Bb
end of the light
                      Dm
And it's killing me slowly
           C
with its tune
Gm7
 I'm always a mess come
                  Bb
the end of the night
           Dm
Oh but we keep, keep dancing
 though we're outta time
         C
Oh hold on, baby baby, yeah,
it's alright 'cause

[Chorus]
 C        Gm7       F
This car drives all by itself
     C         Gm7      F
And this car drives all by itself
         C
And the kids aren't wrong

And the kids aren't wrong
        Gm7                     F
And the kids aren't wrong this time

(And this car drives all by itself)

[Outro]
C
 I see the tunnel at the
              Gm7  Bb
 end of the light
C  Gm7  Bb
C  Gm7  Bb
 C        Gm7       F
This car drives all by itself
     C         Gm7      F
And this car drives all by itself
C  Gm7  Bb  C

How to play This Car Drives All by Itself: key, chords and progression

This Car Drives All by Itself by The Wombats is written in F major (one flat: B♭) and moves through 5 chords: C, Gm7, F, Bb and Dm.

Listen for C – Gm7 – F – C (V – ii7 – I – V in F major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – reh – doh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes A, Em7, D, G, Bm (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 40% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
Gm7 chord on guitar (353333)
Gm7G B♭ D F
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F
Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A

This Car Drives All by Itself chords: questions

What key is This Car Drives All by Itself in?

This Car Drives All by Itself by The Wombats is in the key of F major (one flat: B♭).

What chords are in This Car Drives All by Itself?

This Car Drives All by Itself uses 5 chords: C, Gm7, F, Bb, Dm.

What is the chord progression of This Car Drives All by Itself?

The main progression is C – Gm7 – F – C (V – ii7 – I – V).

Is This Car Drives All by Itself easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes A, Em7, D, G, Bm (80% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 40% without a capo).

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