Stay on the Ride chords by Patty Griffin

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (E minor) Little old man,
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little old man staring down the road  (G major)  (E minor) 
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Waiting on the bus,  (G major) 
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 (E minor) he's getting  (A major) kinda cold  (E minor) 
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Bus finally get (G major) s  there,  (A major) 
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 (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor) he  got nowhere to  (G major) sit down  (E minor) 
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And the  (G major) driver said,  (E minor) "You can stand right  (G major) here  (D major) behind  (E minor) me
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 (G major)  (E minor) or  wait for the nex (G major) t one to come  (E minor) around"
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And the  (G major) old man  (D major) says,  (E minor) "That's okay,
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I'll stand  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) I might look like a  (G major) little old man to  (E minor) you
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 (A major) But I've been  (E minor) riding this bus  (G major) for
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years  (E minor) and years  (Asus4) and years
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 (E minor) I don't even know  (G major) where
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it's go (E minor) ing to"
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And the  (G major) driver says,
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 (E minor) "You don't  (G major) know where this bus is going to?"  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) Old man says,  (G major) "No,
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I don't,  (E minor) do  you?"
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 (A major) Driver says,  (E minor) "You don't know where
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this bus  (G major) is going  (A major) to?"  (E minor) 
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 (G major) Old man  (Asus4) says,
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 (E minor) "I just  (G major) want it to get  (E minor) me through
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Hey, I'm stay (A major) ing on the ride,
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 (B major) it's gonna  (E minor) take me somewhere  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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 (A major) Staying on the ride,
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 (B major) it's gonna  (A major) take me some (E minor) where
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 (G major) Somewhere,  (E minor) somewhere,  (G major)  (E minor) somewhere,
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 (Asus4) somewhere"  (E minor)  (A major) 

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Verse 2
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 (E minor) The bus is rolling  (G major) along,
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 (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor) outside it's look (G major) ing kinda strange  (E minor) 
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 (G major) The Earth  (Asus4) is shak   (E minor) ing,
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the clouds  (G major)  (E minor) are breaking
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 (A major) Everything is blue  (E minor) where
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it  (G major) was gray  (E minor) 
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A thousand  (A major)  (E minor) rivers flood  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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 (E minor) over  (G major) fields of snow  (E minor) 
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 (A major) The  (E minor) driver looks back in the
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 (G major) mirror for the old man  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) "Where did he go,  (G major) where did he go?
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 (E minor) Oh,  (A major)  (E minor) there he is
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 (G major) Hey,  (E minor) old man, old man,  (A major)  (E minor) old man,
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you still  (G major) don't know?"  (E minor) 
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And the  (A major) old man  (E minor) says, "No, I don't son,  (G major) 
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 (E minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor) but I'm happy  (G major) to go"
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 (E minor) Hey, "I'm  (A major) staying on the ride,
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 (B major)  (E minor) it's gonna  (A major) take me some (E minor) where"  (G major) 
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 (A major) Hey,  (E minor)  (G major) he said,  (A major) "I'm staying on the ride,
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 (B major)  (E minor) it's gonna take me somewhere
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 (G major) Somewhere,  (E minor) somewhere,
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 (G major) some (E minor) where,  (G major) somewhere  (E minor) 
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 (A major) I  was born

Verse 3
with no name,
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knowing noth (B major) ing, still  (E minor) I don't
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Somebody said,  (A major) 'You need a name,
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 (E minor) I'm gonna give  (B major) you a name'
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And I said,  (C major) 'No, you won't,' I said,
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 (B major) 'No, you won't'"
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 (E minor) Oh,  (A major)  (E minor)  (Asus4) 
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 (A major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) "You can let  (D major) me off here,
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 (G major) son,  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor) thank  (G major) you for  (E minor) the ride"
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And the  (G major) driver said,  (D major) "This is the middle of  (G major) nowhere,
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 (E minor) sir,"  (A major)  (E minor) 
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He pulls  (G major) off to the side  (E minor) 
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And the  (D major) old man says,  (E minor) "It might look that way  (A major) to you,
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 (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) maybe it is"  (E minor) 
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 (G major) Old man  (A major) says,  (E minor) "It might look that way  (G major) to you,
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son,  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor) maybe it  (A major) is,"  (E minor) 
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And he says,  (A major) "Stay on the ride,
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 (B major) it's gonna  (E minor) take you somewhere,"
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 (G major) Hey,  (E minor) hey,  (G major)  (Asus4) he       said,  (A major) "Stay on the ride,
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 (B major)  (E minor) it's gonna take you somewhere
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 (G major) Somewhere,  (E minor) somewhere,
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 (G major)  (E minor) somewhere,  (G major) somewhere  (E minor) 
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It  (A major) always  (G major) takes you somewhere,  (E minor) 
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 (G major) gonna take you some (E minor) where
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It  (A major) always takes you somewhere,
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gotta take you some (E minor) where
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It  (G major) always takes you somewhere,  (E minor) 
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 (G major) gonna take you some (E minor) where
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It  (G major) always takes you some (E minor) where,
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 (G major) gonna take you some (E minor) where"
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 (E minor)  (G major) 