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Some People Ride The Wave

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Intro:
   E     A    Bx2
Some Epeople ride the wave of Agenerosity
Some Bpeople ride the wave of Emediocrity
EMe I ride the wave of Anever gonna drown
BOh just fooling aEround
Now EI gots the balloons
And Ayou you gots the mud
And Bme I gots the snail
And Eyou you gots the stuff
Well Eyou got so much more than I Afigure was in store
Oh BI ain't foolin no Emore
Now some Epeople ride the cat when asAleep or when awake
Some Bpeople ride a cat for Eriding a cat's sake
EMe I ride this cat cause its Aclaws have got my eyes
I'll Bget 'em back in a few more Etries
Oh I'll Bget 'em back in a few more Etries
Some Epeople write the books that Atenderize their names
Some Bpeople write the books that Ebastardize our claims
EMe I ride the book that's Asifting in the sand
BAw, some day I'll underEstand
BAw, some day I'll underEstand
Some Epeople write the songs that Astay inside our souls
Some Bpeople write the songs that Ereally ain't songs at all
EMe I ride the song that Aends right when it starts
They'll Bsplit before they Epart
Oh they'll Bsplit before they Epart

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Some People Ride The Wave

by Devendra Banhart

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Intro:

E A B

E A

Some people ride the wave of generosity

B E

Some people ride the wave of mediocrity

E A

Me I ride the wave of never gonna drown

B E

Oh just fooling around

Now I gots the balloons

And you you gots the mud

And me I gots the snail

And you you gots the stuff

E A

Well you got so much more than I figure was in store

B E

Oh I ain't foolin no more

E A

Now some people ride the cat when asleep or when awake

B E

Some people ride a cat for riding a cat's sake

E A

Me I ride this cat cause its claws have got my eyes

B E

I'll get 'em back in a few more tries

B E

Oh I'll get 'em back in a few more tries

E A

Some people write the books that tenderize their names

B E

Some people write the books that bastardize our claims

E A

Me I ride the book that's sifting in the sand

B E

Aw, some day I'll understand

B E

Aw, some day I'll understand

E A

Some people write the songs that stay inside our souls

B E

Some people write the songs that really ain't songs at all

E A

Me I ride the song that ends right when it starts

B E

They'll split before they part

B E

Oh they'll split before they part

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