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Let It Ride Chords

Music by: Gordon Lightfoot
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[Intro 1]
[F][G][D][F][G][D][Dm][F][C][Bb][F][G]
[D]

[Verse 1]
These are just the simple facts, [Dsus4]I
will relate to you
Though they [G]are not connected,
each and [Dsus4]every one is true
If they [D]seem a bit untidy, well,
unrav[Dsus4]eling them is fun
I will [G]not stand corrected,
I [Dsus4]have not harmed anyone

[Verse 2]
[F]I just let[G] it [D]ride
[F]Ride, [G]let [D]it ride
Leavin' on the even[F]in' [G]tide
[F]Just [G]let it [D]ride

[Verse 3]
Better I listen [D]to my heart,
[Dm]I someti[F]mes fail to find
[G]One san[D]e and simple answe[F]r on
the [G]bright side of my [Asus4]mind
[F]Even [G]when I'm sleep[D]ing,
[Dm]I can'[F]t seem to un[G]wi[D]nd[Dm]
[F]I just [G]let it ride
[D][Dsus4]

[Verse 4]
[D]I knew a man from Windsor who
went to Detroit [Dsus4]every night
And [G]stateside of the tunnel customs
[Dsus4]agents gave him flight
He [D]threw his stash in the river and
his bedroll [Dsus4]on the ground
And when they fi[G]nally got there,
a sleeping [Asus4]man was all that they found[Dsus4][G]

[Verse 5]
[F]He just let[G] it [D]ride
[F]Ride, [G]let [D]it ride
Leave on the [F]evenin' [G]tide
[F]Just [G]let it [D]ride

[Verse 6]
[D]
Hear the steeple bell ring [Dm]out
[F]above my lobster pots
[G]I m[D]ight be out here fis[F]hin' man
but [G]that ain't where [Asus4]it stops
The [F]mouths I [G]feed [D]are many and they
[F]all say [G]thanks [D]a lot[Dm]
[F]They just [G]let it [D]ride

[Verse 7]
[D]One day when I'm old and gray
an' consider what's [Dsus4]gone by
I [G]always will be proud of every
[Asus4]tear I've ever[Dsus4] cried
And [D]all of the old jokes we told
around [Dsus4]the candle [Asus4]light
[Dsus4]To all those[G] tender damsels who
[Asus4]had helped us in[Dsus4] the night[F]

[Verse 8]
They just [G]let [D]it ride
[F]Ride, [G]let [D]it ride
[Dm]Leavin' on the [F]evenin' [G]tide
[F]Just let it [D]ride[F][G][D][Dm]
[F]I'm gonna [G]let it [D]ride[Dm]
[F][Bb][F][G][D]

[Verse 9]
Here's to the girls from London
and the ones from [Dsus4]Montreal
We [G]never will forget them,
we still [Asus4]fantasize them all
I [D]knew one in St. Louis on
a Missouri [Dsus4]afternoon
[D]I m[G]et one up in Shanghai
and [Asus4]an other in Rangoon
[F]I just let[G] it ride

[Verse 10]
[D]
[F]Ride, [G]let [D]it ride
[Dm]Leave [F]on the evenin' [G]tide
[F]Just [G]let [D]it ride
[F]Ride, [G]ride, ride

[Verse 11]
[D]
[F]I'm gonna [G]let [D]it ride
Leavin' on the [F]evenin' [G]tide
[F]Just [G]let it ride

[Outro 1]
[D][Dsus4][G][Asus4][G]
[D]
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