Staying on the ride chords by Patty Griffin

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Intro 1

Little

Verse 1
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 (E minor) old man, little old man
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staring down the  (G major) road  (E minor) 
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Waitin' on the  (G major) bus,
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 (E minor) it's gettin'  (A major) kinda cold  (E minor) 
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First family get (G major) s there,  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) you got nowhere to  (G major) sit down
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 (E minor) And the  (G major) driver said,
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 (E minor) stand right  (G major) here  (D major) behind  (E minor) me
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 (G major) I  (E minor) wait for the next  (G major) 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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 (A major) stand  (E minor)  (A major) 
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I  (E minor) might look like  (G major) a little
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old man to  (E minor) you
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But  (A major) I've been  (E minor) riding this bus
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 (G major) For years  (E minor) and years  (Asus4) and      years
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I  (E minor) don't even know
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 (G major) where it's going  (E minor) to
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And the  (G major) driver said,  (E minor) you don't  (G major) know
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where this bus is going to  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) Old man says,  (G major) no I don't,  (E minor) do you?
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 (A major) Driver says,  (E minor) you don't know
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where this bus  (G major) is going  (A major) to  (E minor) 
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Old  (G major) man  (Asus4) says,
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 (E minor) I just  (G major) wanted to get  (E minor) me through
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Hey, I'm gonna  (A major) stand on the right  (B major) 
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It's gonna  (E minor) take me somewhere
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 (G major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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 (A major) Stand on the right  (B major) 
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It's gonna  (A major) take me some (E minor) where,
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 (G major) somewhere,
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 (E minor) somewhere  (G major)  (E minor)  (Asus4) 
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Somewhere,  (E minor) somewhere
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I  (A major)  (E minor) see the road  (G major) rolling along  (E minor)  (G major) 
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Out (E minor) side it's looking  (G major) kind of strange
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 (E minor) The  (G major) earth  (Asus4) is       shak (E minor) ing,
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the  (G major) clouds  (E minor) are breaking
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Everything  (A major) is blue,  (E minor) but it  (G major) was gray
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 (E minor) A thousand  (A major) river (E minor) s
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flow  (G major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor) 
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Over fields  (G major) of snow  (E minor) 
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Driver  (A major)  (E minor) looks back in  (G major) the mirror
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for the old man  (E minor)  (A major) 
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Where  (E minor) did he go,  (G major) where did he go  (E minor)  (A major) 
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Oh  (E minor) there he is
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 (G major) Hey  (E minor) old man, old man,  (A major) old  (E minor) man
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You still  (G major) don't know
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 (E minor) And the  (A major) old man  (E minor) said, no I don't,
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 (G major) son  (E minor)  (G major)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) But I'm happy  (G major) to go
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Hey,  (E minor) hey, hey,
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I'm  (A major) staying on the ride  (B major) 
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 (E minor) It's gonna  (A major) take me some (E minor) where
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 (G major) Hey, hey,  (A major) hey,  (E minor) 
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 (G major) I'm  (A major) staying on the ride  (B major) 
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It's  (E minor) gonna take
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me somewhere  (G major) 
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Somewhere,  (E minor) somewhere, some (G major) where  (E minor) 
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 (G major)  (E minor) I  (A major) was born with no name,
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knowing noth (B major) ing
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Still  (E minor) I   don't
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Somebody said,  (A major) you need a name
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I'm  (E minor) gonna give  (B major) you a name
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And I said,  (C major) no you won't
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I said,  (B major) no you won't, oh  (E minor)  (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) 
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You  (E minor) can let  (D major) me off here,  (G major) son
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 (E minor) Thank  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major) you for  (E minor) the ride
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And the  (G major) driver said,  (D major) 
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this is the middle of  (G major) nowhere,  (E minor) sir  (A major) 
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 (E minor) He pulls  (G major) off to the side
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 (E minor) And the  (D major) old man says
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 (E minor) It  might look that way  (A major) to you
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May (E minor)  (A major) be  (E minor)  (A major) it is  (E minor) 
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The  (G major) old man  (A major) says
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 (E minor) It  might look that way  (G major) to you,
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 (E minor) son  (G major)  (E minor) 
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Maybe it  (A major) is
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 (E minor) And he says  (A major)  (B major)  (E minor) 
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 (B major) It's  (E minor) gonna take you somewhere,
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some (G major) where,  (E minor) somewhere  (G major) 
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 (E minor) Somewhere,  (G major) somewhere
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 (E minor) It  (A major) always  (G major) takes you  (E minor) somewhere
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Tryn (G major) a take you some (E minor) where
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Always  (A major) gets you somewhere
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Gotta take you somewhere  (E minor) 
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Al (G major) ways changes some (E minor) way,  (G major) 
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and I dig it some (E minor) way
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Always  (G major) changes some (E minor) way,
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 (G major) and I dig it some (E minor) way  (E minor)  (G major) 