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A Ride Back Home

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      JOHN (COUGAR) MELLENCAMP lyrics - A Ride Back Home 
	This is my first time tabbing a song from scratch and I have no music training
	It's all from ear and watching the video. Em?7, either the Em or Em7 thats the 
	only chord that I could make fit I'm not sure if even belongs. There's nothing
	technical about this, I just tab it so I could play it. I think it's better 
	than the other C F capo version so I'm going to share it.
	G6add9 = 1st string third fret thats it
Em?7 = Em or Em7
DHey Jesus can you give me a ride back home
I've been out here in this world too long on my oAwn
GI won't bother you no more
DIf you can just get me in the door
AHey Jesus can you Ggive me a ride Dback home
DWhen I started out I was so young and so strong
I just let it roll off my back when things went wronAg
GNow it's starting to get to me
DAll of this inhumanity
AHey Jesus can you Ggive me a ride back Dhome
GYou wouldn't know it by Dlooking at me now
GBut I was showing some promise Donce upon a time
ABut it's G6add9gone now
AAnd it ain't G6add9coming back
AMy tG6add9ime's come and gone
AIt's as simplG6add9e as that
DHey Jesus this world is just too troublesome for me
I try to fight off all these devils but I'm just Atoo weak
GWhen I'm out here walking all alone
DI feel like taking my life but I won't
Too Abig a coward, Gcan you give me a ride Dback home
Hey Jesus can you give me a ride back home
Hey Jesus can you give me a ride back home

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A Ride Back Home

by John Mellencamp

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G6add9

JOHN (COUGAR) MELLENCAMP lyrics - A Ride Back Home

This is my first time tabbing a song from scratch and I have no music training

It's all from ear and watching the video. Em?7, either the Em or Em7 thats the

only chord that I could make fit I'm not sure if even belongs. There's nothing

technical about this, I just tab it so I could play it. I think it's better

than the other C F capo version so I'm going to share it.

G6add9 = 1st string third fret thats it

Em?7 = Em or Em7

Hey Jesus can you give me a ride back home

I've been out here in this world too long on my own

I won't bother you no more

If you can just get me in the door

A G D

Hey Jesus can you give me a ride back home

When I started out I was so young and so strong

I just let it roll off my back when things went wrong

Now it's starting to get to me

All of this inhumanity

A G D

Hey Jesus can you give me a ride back home

G D

You wouldn't know it by looking at me now

G D

But I was showing some promise once upon a time

A G6add9

But it's gone now

A G6add9

And it ain't coming back

A G6add9

My time's come and gone

A G6add9

It's as simple as that

Hey Jesus this world is just too troublesome for me

I try to fight off all these devils but I'm just too weak

When I'm out here walking all alone

I feel like taking my life but I won't

A G D

Too big a coward, can you give me a ride back home

Hey Jesus can you give me a ride back home

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