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://caedmons-call.com/guitar_tab/songbook.shtml





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