The Ride chords by David Allan Coe (Official Version)
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, I was thumbing from Montgomery
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I had my guitar on my back
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When a stranger stopped beside me
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in an antique Cadillac
He was dressed like 1950
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Half drunk and hollow eyed
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He said, "it's a long walk to Nashville
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Would you like a ride, Son?"
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Verse 2
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Well, I sat down in the front seat
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He turned on the radio
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And them sad old songs coming outta them
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speakers was solid country gold
Then I noticed
the stranger was ghost white pale
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When I asked him for a light
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And I knew there was something strange
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about this ride
Chorus 1
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He said, "Drifter, can you make folks cey
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when you play and sing?
Have you paid your dues?
Can you moan the blues?
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Can you bend them guitar strings?"
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He said, "Boy, can you make folks feel
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what you feel inside?
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'Cause if you're big star bound
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let me warn you it's a long hard ride"
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Verse 3
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Then he cried just south of Nashville
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And he turned that car around
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He said, "This is where you get off, boy
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'Cause I'm goin' back to Alabam"
As I stepped outta that Cadillac
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I said, "Mister, many thanks"
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He said, "You don't have to call me mister,
mister
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The whole world called me Hank"
Chorus 2
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He said, "Drifter, can you make folks cey
C
when you play and sing?
Have you paid your dues?
Can you moan the blues?
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Can you bend them guitar strings?"
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F
He said, "Boy, can you make folks feel
C
what you feel inside?
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'Cause if you're big star bound
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C
let me warn you it's a long hard ride"
Outro 1
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He said, "Drifter, can you make folks cey
C
when you play and sing?
Have you paid your dues?
Can you moan the blues?
G
Can you bend them guitar strings?"
Bb
F
He said, "Boy, can you make folks feel
C
what you feel inside?
Bb
'Cause if you're big star bound
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C
let me warn you it's a long hard ride"
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If you're big star bound
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C
let me warn you it's a long hard ride"
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[Singer speaks]
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[Fade out]
The Ride
David Allan Coe
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