The Last Ride
The Last Ride

The Last Ride easy guitar chords by Hank Snow

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E A D G B E

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Fret 2

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    In 
    the 
    Dodge 
    City 
    yards 

    of 
    the Santa 
    Fe 

    Stood 
    a 
    freight 
    made 
    up 
    for 
    the 
    east 

    And 
    the 
    engineer 
    with 
    his 
    oil 
    and 
    waste 

    Was 
    groomin' 
    the 
    great 
    iron 
    beast 

    Verse 2
    While 
    ten 
    cars 
    back 
    in 
    the murky 
    dust 

    A box- 
    car 
    door 
    swung 
    wide 

    And 
    a 
    hobo 
    lifted 
    his 
    pal 
    aboard 

    To start 
    on 
    his 
    last 
    long 
    ride 

    Verse 3
    A lan
    tern 
    swung 
    and 
    the 

    freight 
    pulled 
    out 

    The 
    engine, 
    it 
    gathered 
    speed 

    The 
    engineer 
    pulled 
    the throttle 
    wide 

    And 
    clucked 
    to 
    his 
    fiery 
    steed 

    Verse 4
    Ten 
    cars 
    back 
    in 
    the 
    empty 
    box 

    The 
    hobo 
    rolled 
    a 
    pill 

    The 
    flare 
    of 
    the match 
    showed 

    his 
    partners' face 

    Stark 
    white 
    and 
    deathly 
    still 

    Verse 5
    As 
    the train 
    wheels 
    clicked 
    on 

    the couplin' 
    joints 

    A song 
    for 
    the 
    rambler's 
    ear 

    The 
    hobo 
    talked 
    to the 
    still 
    white 
    form 

    His 
    pal 
    for many 
    a 
    year 

    Verse 6

    For 
    a mighty 
    long 
    time, 

    we've 
    rambled, 
    Jack 

    With 
    the 
    luck 
    of 
    men 
    that 
    roam 

    With the 
    back 
    door 
    steps 
    for 
    a dining 
    room 

    And 
    the 
    box- 
    car 
    for 
    a home 

    Verse 7

    We 
    dodged 
    the 
    bulls 
    on 

    the east
    ern 
    route 

    And 
    the 
    cops 
    on 
    the 
    Chesapeake 

    We 
    traveled 
    the 
    Leadville 
    narrow 
    gauge 

    In 
    the days 
    of 
    Cripple 
    Creek 

    Verse 8
    We 
    drifted 
    down 
    through 
    sunny 
    Cal 

    On 
    the rails 
    of 
    the old 
    SP 

    And 
    of all 
    you 
    had, 
    through 
    good 
    and bad 

    A 
    half 
    always 
    belong 
    to me 

    Verse 9

    You 
    made 
    me 
    promise 
    to 
    you, 
    Jack 

    If 
    I 
    lived 
    and 
    you 
    cashed 
    in

    To 
    take 
    you 
    back 
    to 
    the 
    old 
    church
    yard 

    And 
    bury 
    you 
    there 
    with 
    your 
    kin 

    Verse 10

    You seemed 
    to 
    know 
    I 

    would 
    keep 
    my 
    word 

    For 
    you 
    said 
    that 
    I 
    was 
    wild 

    Well, I'm 
    keepin' 
    my 
    promise 
    to 
    you, 

    pal 

    'Cause 
    I'm 
    takin' 
    you home 
    tonight 

    Verse 11

    I 
    hadn't 
    the 
    money 
    to 
    send 
    you 
    there 

    So, 
    I'm 
    takin' 
    you back 
    on 
    the 
    fly 

    It's 
    the 
    decent 
    way 
    for 
    a 'bo 
    to go 

    Home 
    to 
    the by 
    and 
    by 

    Verse 12
    I 
    knew 
    that 
    fever 
    had 
    you, 
    Jack 

    And 
    that 
    doctor 
    just 
    wouldn't 
    come 

    He 
    was 
    too 
    busy 
    treatin' 
    the 
    wealthy 
    folks 

    To 
    doctor 
    a worn 
    out 
    bum 

    Verse 13

    As 
    the train 
    rolled 
    over 
    its 

    ribbon 
    of steel 

    Straight 
    through 
    to 
    the 
    east, 
    it 
    sped 

    The 
    engineer 
    in his 
    high 
    cab 
    seat 

    Kept 
    his 
    eye 
    on 
    the rails 
    ahead 

    Verse 14
    While 
    ten 
    cars 
    back 
    in 
    the 

    empty 
    box 

    The lonely 
    hobo 
    sighed 

    For 
    the days 
    of 
    old 
    and 
    his pal 
    so 
    cold 

    Outro 1
    Was 
    taking 
    his 
    last 
    long 
    ride 


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