{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1463355,"song":"The Ride","artist":"David Allan Coe","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11262113-the-ride-chords-by-david-allan-coe/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1463355?type=chord","rating":4.70844,"votes":818,"content":"Capo 3 - Key C\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]   | \r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\n  Well, I was thumbin' from Montgomery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  I had my guitar on my back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  When a stranger stopped beside me in an antique Cadillac[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was dressed like 1950, half-drunk and hollow-eyed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said \"It's a long walk to Nashville, would you like a ride, son?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]A[/ch]   | % | % |\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI sat down in the front seat[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe turned on the radio[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd them sad old songs comin' outta them speakers was solid country gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen I noticed the stranger was ghost-white pale when he asked me for a light[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I knew there was somethin' strange about this ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said \"Drifter, can you make folks cry when you play and sing?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Have you paid your dues? Can you moan the blues?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Can you bend them guitar strings?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said \"Boy, can you make folks feel what you feel inside?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Cause if you're big star bound, let me warn ya it's a long hard ride\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen he cried just south of Nashville[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he turned that car around[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said \"This is where you get off, boy, cause I'm goin' back to Alabam'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAs I stepped out of that Cadillac[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  I said \"Mister, many thanks.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said \"You don't have to call me mister, mister\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"The whole world called me Hank\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said \"Drifter, can you make folks cry when you play and sing?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Have you paid your dues? Can you moan the blues?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Can you bend them guitar strings?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said \"Boy, can you make folks feel what you feel inside?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Cause if you're big star bound, let me warn ya it's a long hard ride\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said \"Drifter, can you make folks cry when you play and sing?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Have you paid your dues? Can you moan the blues?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Can you bend them guitar strings?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said \"Boy, can you make folks feel what you feel inside?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"Cause if you're big star bound, let me warn ya it's a long hard ride\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\"If you're big star bound, let me warn ya it's a long hard ride\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]A[/ch]   |","plain_text":"Capo 3 - Key C\n\n[Intro]\n| G D | A   | G D | A   | \n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| A   | % | % |\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| G | D | A   |\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n| G D | A   | G D | A   |","chords":["C","G","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}