Bus Driver

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C   x32010
F#m 244222

[Intro]
A  D E  (4x)

[Verse 1]
A               D
I am a bus driver
    E                A
and it's four in the morning
                        D                 E
And I'm pressing out my clothes beside my bed
A                          D            E          A
Fourteen years been on the job and with many miles behind
                                     D                 E
Still I'm up at three thirty to make sure I'm there on time
A                             D    E                  A
And my car gets me along just fine to and from the station
                      D             E
But my castle is this Houston Metro Bus
A                        D
My first stop is Ashbury
         E                    A
And that sign's been gone for years
                    D               E                 C
but same the people wait cause they know that I'll be there.


[Chorus]
               D            A    E          F#m           C
And what would you say if I told you that I won't be by today?
          D      E            D      A
Would you say that I'm just a bus driver
    C         E
and what do I know,
           D         A
I'm just a bus driver
    C         E
and what do I know,
           D         A
I'm just a bus driver
    C         E       D    A
and what do I know?


[Verse 2]
                                  D
Well, I'm always there by five fifteen
    E                A
and lately I've been early
                             D            E
'cause Judith likes to be in early to the bank.
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A                            D      E              A
And she gives me conversation and a token good for riding.
                        D      E     A
Says she's happy all alone
                                   D
And then there's Charles in retail sales;
      E                 A
and I hope they pay him well
                            D    E
for the work that young man does
A                                D
Cause I've never seen the inside
     E              A
of a custom refrigerator
                    D         E        C
but I know he's the first and last one there


[Chorus]
               D            A    E          F#m           C
And what would you say if I told you that I won't be by today?
          D      E            D         A
Would you say that I'm just a bus driver
    C         E
and what do I know,
           D         A
I'm just a bus driver
          C         E
well then what do I know,
           D         A
I'm just a bus driver
          C              E   D
well then what do I know?
          E         A
well then what do I know?


[Piano Solo]
D  E
A  D E (3X)


[Verse 3]
A                             D
And I wonder what they do all day,
         E          A
at their respective works.
                            E          A
Suppose they give money and take money away.
A                          D
And I'm just orbiting this town
         E              A
with the post office my son.
                     D    E
And I'm circling again
A                                 D
And I wonder how this world would be
   E           A                             D               E
if I was never here to drive this bus around from Ashbury to Main.
A                              D
I guess this town would be the same
         E            A
but with one bus less exhaust.
                         D
But that bank and retail store,
          E               C
they just wouldn't be the same.
               D            A       E           F#             C
But what can I see from the limited confines of my bus driving seat?
     D
Only me.


[Other]
    E          D         A
And I'm just a bus driver
    C
and what do I know,
E          D         A
I'm just a bus driver
    C
and what do I know,
E           D         A
I'm  just a bus driver
    C
and what do I know,
E          D         A
I'm just a bus driver
    C
and what do I know,
E          D         A
I'm just a bus driver
         C
well and don't believe that,
E          D         A
I'm just a bus driver
         C
well and don't believe that,
E          D         A
I'm just a bus driver
       C
I said don't believe that,
E              D         A
We're all just bus drivers
         C          E     D  E A
and it's time to go home.