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Long Ride Home

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Capo 4
Tuning: DADGBD
After lots of different suggestions I've finally figured it out and tabbed it out. It 
that I found the notes I took down the last time I saw Patty play this song. Thanks to 
who sent in ideas. It's actually a pretty simple one.
Intro/slide:
e|---------------R-------------------------|
B|----3-----3----E---3s5-5-5-5----3--------|
G|----2-----2----P---2---0-0-0----2--------|
D|----0-----0----E-------0-0-0-------------|
A|-------0-------A-------------------------|
D|--0---------0--T--------------0----------|
Chords:
D0  G0   A0   Bm0
3  0   0   0
2  0   0   4
0  0   0   4
0  5   7   2
0  5   7   x
(D) Long Black Limousine (D slide)
(D) Shiniest car I've ever seen (D slide)
(G) The back seat is nice and clean
(D) She rides as quiet as a dream (D slide)
(A) Someone dug a hole six long (G) feet in the (D) ground
(A) I said goodbye to you and I (G) threw my roses (D) down
(A) Ain't nothing left at all in the (G) end of being (D) proud
(G) With me riding this car, and you (A) flying through the clouds
(G) I've had some time to think (D) about it (D slide)
(G) And watch the sun sink like a (D) stone (D slide)
(G) I've had some time to think (Bm) about you
(Bm) On the (A) long ride (D) home (D slide x 2)
(D) One day I took your tiny hand (D slide)
(D) Put your finger in the wedding band (D slide)
(G) Your daddy gave a piece of land
(D) We laid ourselves the best of plans (D slide)
(A) Forty years go by with someone (G) laying in your (D) bed
(A) Forty years of things you say you (G) wish you'd never (D) said
(A) How hard would it have been to say some (G) kinder words (D) instead
(G) I wonder as I stare up at the (A) sky turning red
(G) I've had some time to think (D) about it (D slide)
(G) And watch the sun sink like a (D) stone (D slide)
(G) I've had some time to think (Bm) about you
(Bm) On the (A) long ride (D) home (D slide)
(G) Headlights searching down the (D) driveway
(G) The house is dark as it can (A) be
(G) I go inside and all is (Bm) silent
(Bm) And seems as (A) empty as the inside of me
(G) I've had some time to think (D) about it (D slide)
(G) And watch the sun sink like a (D) stone (D slide)
(G) I've had some time to think (Bm) about you
(Bm) On that (A) long
(A) On the (G) long
(G) On the (A) long
(A) On the (G) long ride (D) home (D slide x 2)

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Long Ride Home

by Patty Griffin

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 4

Tuning: DADGBD

After lots of different suggestions I've finally figured it out and tabbed it out. It

that I found the notes I took down the last time I saw Patty play this song. Thanks to

who sent in ideas. It's actually a pretty simple one.

Intro/slide:

e|---------------R-------------------------|

B|----3-----3----E---3s5-5-5-5----3--------|

G|----2-----2----P---2---0-0-0----2--------|

D|----0-----0----E-------0-0-0-------------|

A|-------0-------A-------------------------|

D|--0---------0--T--------------0----------|

Chords:

D G A Bm

0 0 0 0

3 0 0 0

2 0 0 4

0 0 0 4

0 5 7 2

0 5 7 x

(D) Long Black Limousine (D slide)

(D) Shiniest car I've ever seen (D slide)

(G) The back seat is nice and clean

(D) She rides as quiet as a dream (D slide)

(A) Someone dug a hole six long (G) feet in the (D) ground

(A) I said goodbye to you and I (G) threw my roses (D) down

(A) Ain't nothing left at all in the (G) end of being (D) proud

(G) With me riding this car, and you (A) flying through the clouds

(G) I've had some time to think (D) about it (D slide)

(G) And watch the sun sink like a (D) stone (D slide)

(G) I've had some time to think (Bm) about you

(Bm) On the (A) long ride (D) home (D slide x 2)

(D) One day I took your tiny hand (D slide)

(D) Put your finger in the wedding band (D slide)

(G) Your daddy gave a piece of land

(D) We laid ourselves the best of plans (D slide)

(A) Forty years go by with someone (G) laying in your (D) bed

(A) Forty years of things you say you (G) wish you'd never (D) said

(A) How hard would it have been to say some (G) kinder words (D) instead

(G) I wonder as I stare up at the (A) sky turning red

(G) I've had some time to think (D) about it (D slide)

(G) And watch the sun sink like a (D) stone (D slide)

(G) I've had some time to think (Bm) about you

(Bm) On the (A) long ride (D) home (D slide)

(G) Headlights searching down the (D) driveway

(G) The house is dark as it can (A) be

(G) I go inside and all is (Bm) silent

(Bm) And seems as (A) empty as the inside of me

(G) I've had some time to think (D) about it (D slide)

(G) And watch the sun sink like a (D) stone (D slide)

(G) I've had some time to think (Bm) about you

(Bm) On that (A) long

(A) On the (G) long

(G) On the (A) long

(A) On the (G) long ride (D) home (D slide x 2)

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