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Ride With Me

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Amajor
90BPM
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Tempo: Moderato
Tuning: Standard
Capo 3
Chords:
EADGBe
DXX0232
BmX25542
E7020100
A7X02020
C#mXX2120
[Intro]
D-Bm-D D-Bm-D
D-Bm-D (Yeah, whoo!) D-Bm-D
[Verse 1]
D   Bm   DD-Bm-D
When I'm in New York City, I never sleep a wink, (Ha!)
G   DD-Bm-D
When I'm in New York City, I never get to sleep a wink.
E7   A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
But when I cross that river all I want to do is drink.
[Verse 2](Honky-Tonk Piano)
D   Bm   DD-Bm-D
Well I have been to Chicago, they said it was the promised land, (That’s what they said)
G   DD-Bm-D
You know I've been to Chicago, they said it was the promised land.
E7   Bm   C#m   DD-Bm-D
When I arrived as a child they promised that I'd leave a man
[Verse 3]
DWell Phoenix, Arizona; Memphis, Tennessee,
Southern California, Washington DC.
G D-Bm-D D D-Bm-D (Oh yeah)
I gotta go... a whole world to see,
So E7pack your bags up baby.
A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
Come along and ride with me.
[Instrumental 1](Lead Guitar)
D G D D-Bm-D (Whew) D-Bm-D
E7   A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D D-Bm-D
[Verse 3](Piano accents)
DI'm gonna get to Kansas City,
(Horn flourish)
And make my way to 12th and Vine.
I'm Ggoing to get to Kansas City,
D (Horn flourish)
And make my way to 12th and Vine.(Yes, I am)
Where E7all the girls are pretty,
A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
But I already made one mine.
[Verse 4]
DWell Amarillo Texas is just around the bend,
Off to Albuquerque on the road that never ends.
G   DD-Bm-D
I gotta go... a whole world to see, (Woah, yeah)
So E7pack your bags up baby.
A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
Come along and ride with me. (Come on, J.D.)
[Instrumental 2] (Keyboards)
D (Ah, that’s I’m talking about) G D D-Bm-D D-Bm-D
E7 A7 C#m D D-Bm-D D-Bm-D (One more, Harry)
[Verse 5]
DThe night down in the quarter that ended in a fight,
Someone got their ass kicked, no matter who was right.
G   DD-Bm-D
I gotta go... a whole world to see, (Oh, yeah)
So E7pack your bags up baby.
A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
Come along and ride with me. (I’m goin’ to tell you again)
[Refrain 1]
So E7pack your bags up baby.
A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
Come along and ride with me. (Ahhhh)
So E7pack your bags up baby.
A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
Come along and ride with me. (Oh yeah)
[Coda](Chorus repeats and fades, with horns over)
Oh E7yeah (Oh yeah)
A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
Alright (Alright) Oh-huh (Oh-huh)
Oh E7yeah (Oh yeah)
A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
Alright (Alright) Oh-huh (Oh-huh)
OE7h yeah (Oh yeah)
A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
Alright (Alright) Oh-huh (Oh-huh)
OE7h yeah (Oh yeah)
A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
Alright (Alright) Oh-huh (Oh-huh)
OE7h yeah (Oh yeah)
A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
Alright (Alright) Oh-huh (Oh-huh)
OE7h yeah (Oh yeah)
A7   C#m   DD-Bm-D
Alright (Alright) Oh-huh (Oh-huh)
End
NOTES
Ocsillating from the major chord to a variant by generally moving the topmost finger off and back onto
finger to create the Bm/D formation, and leaving the D unchanged.
3. If this TAB is appreciated? I’ll TAB out the instrumental riffs, as well. :-R
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