The Men That Drive Me Places by Ben Rector, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

The Men That Drive Me Places

Biography:

Ben Rector (born November 6, 1986) is a singer/songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma, US now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Rector’s stylistic influences include pop, rock, and folk music.

Rector took piano lessons as a small child but did not begin playing music seriously until he picked up the guitar in high school. He began writing songs in tenth grade and formed a band called Euromart the following year. Euromart made an EP and played club shows in Tulsa, but dissolved when the members left for college.

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Standard tuning with no capo, in 6/8 time. This is exactly how Ben Rector plays it, just on the piano.
Chords can be easily transferred onto the piano to sound just like the song.

[Intro]
D D/C# Bm A G D x2

[Verse 1]
D D/C# Bm A
Howard drives a minivan to the cruise ships from Ft. Lauderdale
G A D
And it's been that way since 1994
D D/C# Bm A
Does his business on a flip phone with the most obnoxious ringtone
G A D
I didn't ask but I can tell he's from New York
Bm D G D
And he spoke proudly of his daughter and that this fall she'd be in college
Em A Bm
And that he always wished he'd gotten his degree
Bm D G D
You can tell he came from nothing, built a future out of hustling
Em A D
And somehow I'm the one you people pay to see

[Chorus]
G D
Oh isn't that just the way it goes
A Bm
You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated
G D
Oh how am I the only one who knows
Em A D
I'm half the man of the men that drive me places
D D/C# Bm A G D

[Verse 2]
D D/C# Bm A
Danny showed up early fifteen minutes till five thirty
G A D
Making sure that I'd be on my morning flight
D D/C# Bm A
He said he'd love to fix computers, but that he can't until he's fluent
G A D
So he spends his driving money taking class at night
Bm D G D
He wore a neatly ironed dress shirt and he helps his kids with homework
Em A Bm
And deep inside I couldn't help but ask myself
Bm D G D
Why that at night I'm up on stage, everybody knows my name
Em A D
While Danny's early picking up somebody else

[Chorus]
G D
Oh isn't that just the way it goes
A Bm
You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated
G D
Oh how am I the only one who knows
Em A D
I'm half the man of the men that drive me places
D D/C# Bm A G D

[Bridge]
Bm D G D
And now everything's not given, I work hard to make my living
Em A Bm
But I'll give credit where I think credits due
Bm D
Maybe you got dealt a good hand
G D
Maybe you play it the best that you can
Em Bm Em Bm
But I don't know how far you'd walk without those cards
A
In Howard or Danny's working shoes

[Chorus]
G D
But isn't that just the way it goes
A Bm
You're dealt a good hand and you get celebrated
G D
Oh how am I the only one who knows
Em A D
I'm half the man of the men that drive me places
D D/C# Bm A G D D D/C# Bm A G