The Ride Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][A][G][D][A]

[Verse 1]
[A]Well, I was thumbing from Montgomery
[C]I had my guitar on my back
[D]When a stranger stopped beside me
in an [A]antique Cadillac
He was dressed like 1950
Half [C]drunk and hollow eyed
He said, "it's a [D]long walk to Nashville
Would you like a [A]ride, Son?"
[A][A]

[Verse 2]
[A]Well, I sat down in the front seat
He [C]turned on the radio
And them [D]sad old songs coming outta them
speakers was [A]solid country gold
Then I noticed
the stranger was ghost white pale
When I [C]asked him for a light
And I [D]knew there was something strange
about this [A]ride

[Chorus 1]
He said, [G]"Drifter, can you make folks [D]cey
when you play and [A]sing?
Have you paid your dues?
Can you moan the blues?
Can you [E]bend them guitar strings?"
He said, [G]"Boy, can you make folks [D]feel
what you feel in[A]side?
'Cause if you're [G]big star bound
let me [D]warn you it's a long hard [A]ride"
[G][D][A]

[Verse 3]
Then he [A]cried just south of Nashville
And he [C]turned that car around
He [D]said, "This is where you get off, boy
'Cause [A]I'm goin' back to Alabam"
As I stepped outta that Cadillac
[C]I said, "Mister, many thanks"
[D]He said, "You don't have to call me mister,
mister
The [A]whole world called me Hank"

[Chorus 2]
He said, [G]"Drifter, can you make folks [D]cey
when you play and [A]sing?
Have you paid your dues?
Can you moan the blues?
Can you [E]bend them guitar strings?"
He said, [G]"Boy, can you make folks [D]feel
what you feel in[A]side?
'Cause if you're [G]big star bound
let me [D]warn you it's a long hard [A]ride"

[Outro 1]
He said, [G]"Drifter, can you make folks [D]cey
when you play and [A]sing?
Have you paid your dues?
Can you moan the blues?
Can you [E]bend them guitar strings?"
He said, [G]"Boy, can you make folks [D]feel
what you feel in[A]side?
'Cause if you're [G]big star bound
let me [D]warn you it's a long hard [A]ride"
If you're [G]big star bound
let me [D]warn you it's a long hard [A]ride"
[G][Singer [D]speaks][A]
[G][D][A]
[G][D][A]
[G][Fa[D]de [A]out]