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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1848912,"song":"Let It Ride","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1848912-let-it-ride-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1848912?type=chord","rating":4.48963,"votes":3,"content":"Gordon Lightfoot - Let It Ride\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 4th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO:] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1:]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nThese are just the simple facts I will relate to you [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G/A[/ch]                              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nThough they are not connected, each and every one is true [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nIf they seem a bit untidy, well unravelling them is fun [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G/A[/ch]                              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nI will not stand corrected, I have not harmed anyone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI just let it ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRide, let it ride [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nLeave on the evening  tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust let it ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2:]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I listen to my heart, I sometimes fail to find [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nOne sane and simple answer on the bright side of my mind [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEven when I'm sleeping, I can't seem to unwind [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nI just let it ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3:]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nI knew a man from Windsor who went to Detroit every night [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/A[/ch]                              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nAnd Stateside of the tunnel, customs agents gave him flight [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nHe threw his stash in the river and his bedroll on the ground [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/A[/ch]                                     [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nAnd when they finally got there, a sleeping man was all that they found[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe just let it ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRide, let it ride [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nLeave on the evening  tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust let it ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4:]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHear the steeple bells ring out above my lobster pots [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nI might be out here fishing, man, but that ain't where it stops [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe mouths I feed are many and they all say, \"Thanks a lot\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nThey just let it ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5:]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nOne day when I'm old and grey and consider what's gone by [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G/A[/ch]                           [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nI always will be proud of every tear I've ever cried [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nAnd all of the old jokes we told around the candle light[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G/A[/ch]                              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nTo all those tender damsels who had helped us in the night[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey just let it ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRide, let it ride [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nLeave on the evening  tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust let it ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna let it ride [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 6:]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nHere's to the girls from London and the ones from Montreal [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G/A[/ch]                              [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nWe never will forget them, we still fantasize them all [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nI knew one in St. Louis on a Missouri afternoon [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G/A[/ch]                         [ch]Asus4[/ch]\r\nI met one up in Shanghai and another in Rangoon[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI just let it ride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRide, let it ride [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nLeave on the evening  tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust let it ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS:]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nRide, ride, ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna let it ride [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nLeave on the evening  tide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust let it ride[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[OUTRO:]    (## fade to end ##)\r\n          [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]G/A[/ch]  [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Asus4[/ch]  [ch]G/A[/ch]  [ch]Asus4[/ch]","plain_text":"Gordon Lightfoot - Let It Ride\n\n\nCAPO: 4th Fret\n\n\n\n\n[INTRO:] F G D   F G D   F G Bb   F G D\n\n[VERSE 1:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 6:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO:]    (## fade to end ##)\n          D  Asus4  G/A  Asus4  D  Asus4  G/A  Asus4","chords":["F","G","D","Bb","Asus4","G/A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Asus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}