When I Rode Next To You chords by
Wendy Waldman

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Key: A major•

Verse 1

G

G

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C

C

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Bm

Bm

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G

G

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C

C

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It was up and down the east coast

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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Em

Em

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C

C

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All the towboats were flyin' by

Em

Em

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C

C

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It was late winter, I remember it well

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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G

G

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C

C

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All the birds took to the sky

Am

Am

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We could talk for hours

Em

Em

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and never get tired

C

C

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Bm

Bm

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G

G

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C

C

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But somehow I couldn't tell the truth

Am

Am

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C

C

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It went floating out the window

G

G

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D

D

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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when I rode next to you

Bm

Bm

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G

G

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C

C

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oh now love is like a twist

D

D

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G

G

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Em

Em

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it can strike you anyway

C

C

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Em

Em

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You might be ready and able,

C

C

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you might not be free,

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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it doesn't really care.

Am

Am

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Well I'm glad that we

Em

Em

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didn't have to lie,

C

C

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but we never whispered

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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what we both knew.

Am

Am

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G

G

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It was the only thing unspoken

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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When I rode next to you

D

D

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And I don't know why I

C

C

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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felt that way

D

D

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C

C

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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There was noth

D

D

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C

C

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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ing I could do

Em

Em

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C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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Bm

Bm

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But still I treasured every day

C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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D

D

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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That I rode next to you

Bm

Bm

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B

B

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Em

Em

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Oh, I woke up cold and

C

C

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turned around,

Em

Em

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C

C

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thought we'd driven some miles too far.

Am

Am

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I turned to see your face

Em

Em

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against the highway lights,

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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Em

Em

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but there was no one in the dark.

C

C

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Then I realized it was just a dream

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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from a time so long ago

Bm

Bm

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Em

Em

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Am

Am

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Where the sound of the wheels

Em

Em

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and our beating hearts

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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G

G

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C

C

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Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Was all we had to know

D

D

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C

C

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Bm

Bm

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And I don't know why I feel this way

C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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Em

Em

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C

C

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I've walked the road

D

D

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C

C

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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I had to choose

Em

Em

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C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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Bm

Bm

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But still I dream about those days,

C

C

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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Em

Em

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D

D

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when I

Bm

Bm

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C

C

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rode next to you,

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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F

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when I rode next to you.

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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C

C

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When I rode next to you

F

F

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C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

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E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

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E ₄

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C ₃

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Chords

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Capo: 2

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The original key of When I Rode Next To You by Wendy Waldman is A major.

The primary chords used in When I Rode Next To You are A, D, C#m, E, F#m, Bm.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like A, D, C#m, E, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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