THE RIDE
by: David Allan Coe
Intro: A# F C, repeated twice.
e----3~----------------5~------------|
B----4b(5)r4b(5)r4-----6b(7)r6b(7)r6-|
G------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|
A--6-----------------8---------------|
E------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------|
B--1---1-1p0---3b(4)-1-----1--------|
G----0-------0---------0h2----------|
D-----------------------------------|
A--3--------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|
e----3~----------------5~------------|
B----4b(5)r4b(5)r4-----6b(7)r6b(7)r6-|
G------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|
A--6-----------------8---------------|
E------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------|
B--1---1-1p0---3b(4)-1-----1--------|
G----0-------0---------0h2----------|
D-----------------------------------|
A--3--------------------------3~----|
E-----------------------------------|
(now when you play the D# and F He plays power chords believe me it makes the difference)
[C]I was thumbin' back from Montgomery[D#]
[D#]with a guitar on my back
[F]When a stranger pulled up beside me in an an[C]tique Cadillac.
[C]Well, he was dressed like 1950, half d[D#]runk and hallow eyed
[F]Its a long walk to Nashville, would you like a r[C]ide, son.
[C]He sat down in the front seat, and tu[D#]rned on the radio
and them s[F]ad old songs comin' outta them speakers was so[C]lid country gold.
T[C]hen I noticed the stranger was ghost white pale when he as[D#]ked me for a light.
And k[F]new there was somethin' strange about this r[C]ide.
CHORUS: (Same thing here power chords)
He said: Mi[A#]ster can you make folks c[F]ry when you play and s[C]ang.
C[C]an you pay your dues, can you moan the blues
Can you b[G]end them guitar strangs.
He said: B[A#]oy, can you make folks f[F]eel what you feel in[C]side,
Cause if your b[A#]ig star bound let me w[F]arn you its a long hard r[C]ide.
2.
Well, he cried just south of Nashville, and he turned that car around.
he said: (spoken) this is where you get off, boy
cause I'm going back to Alabam'.
I stepped out of that ole Cadillac and I said Mister, many thanks.
he said you don't have to call me mister, Mister.
The whole world calls me Hank.
repeat Chorus once or heck if you want to put an awesome solo in here just play
around the blues scale in C!
by: David Allan Coe
Intro: A# F C, repeated twice.
e----3~----------------5~------------|
B----4b(5)r4b(5)r4-----6b(7)r6b(7)r6-|
G------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|
A--6-----------------8---------------|
E------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------|
B--1---1-1p0---3b(4)-1-----1--------|
G----0-------0---------0h2----------|
D-----------------------------------|
A--3--------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|
e----3~----------------5~------------|
B----4b(5)r4b(5)r4-----6b(7)r6b(7)r6-|
G------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------|
A--6-----------------8---------------|
E------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------|
B--1---1-1p0---3b(4)-1-----1--------|
G----0-------0---------0h2----------|
D-----------------------------------|
A--3--------------------------3~----|
E-----------------------------------|
(now when you play the D# and F He plays power chords believe me it makes the difference)
[C]I was thumbin' back from Montgomery[D#]
[D#]with a guitar on my back
[F]When a stranger pulled up beside me in an an[C]tique Cadillac.
[C]Well, he was dressed like 1950, half d[D#]runk and hallow eyed
[F]Its a long walk to Nashville, would you like a r[C]ide, son.
[C]He sat down in the front seat, and tu[D#]rned on the radio
and them s[F]ad old songs comin' outta them speakers was so[C]lid country gold.
T[C]hen I noticed the stranger was ghost white pale when he as[D#]ked me for a light.
And k[F]new there was somethin' strange about this r[C]ide.
CHORUS: (Same thing here power chords)
He said: Mi[A#]ster can you make folks c[F]ry when you play and s[C]ang.
C[C]an you pay your dues, can you moan the blues
Can you b[G]end them guitar strangs.
He said: B[A#]oy, can you make folks f[F]eel what you feel in[C]side,
Cause if your b[A#]ig star bound let me w[F]arn you its a long hard r[C]ide.
2.
Well, he cried just south of Nashville, and he turned that car around.
he said: (spoken) this is where you get off, boy
cause I'm going back to Alabam'.
I stepped out of that ole Cadillac and I said Mister, many thanks.
he said you don't have to call me mister, Mister.
The whole world calls me Hank.
repeat Chorus once or heck if you want to put an awesome solo in here just play
around the blues scale in C!
