David Allan Coe - The Ride ( 3) guitar chord

The Ride

David Allan Coe

Tabbed by Kane Smith (heyitskane@yahoo.com)

Korry’s version is in the correct key, but I had a hard time getting

down to a D#, so here’s a much simpler capo version

capo 3

Intro chords: G D A G D A

Verse:

A C

I was thumbin’ from Montgomery

C D

I had my guitar on my back

D A

When a stranger stopped beside me in an antique Cadillac

A

He was dressed like 1950

C

Half-drunk and hollow-eyed

D A

He said “It’s a long walk to Nashville, would you like a ride, son?”

A

Well I sat down in the front seat

C

And he turned on the radio

D A

And them sad old songs comin’ outta them speakers was solid country gold

A C

Then I noticed the stranger was ghost-white pale when he asked me for a light

D A

And I knew there was somethin’ strange about this ride

Chorus:

G D A

He said “Drifter, can you make folks cry when you play and sing?”

A

“Have you paid your dues? Can you moan the blues?”

E

“Can you bend them guitar strings?”

G D A

He said “Boy, can you make folks feel what you feel inside?”

G D A

“Cause if you’re big star bound, let me warn ya it’s a long hard ride”

Repeat intro chords

Verse:

A

Well he cried just south of Nashville

C

And he turned that car around

D A

He said “This is where you get off, boy, cause I’m goin’ back to Alabam’

A C

As I stepped out of that Cadillac

C

I said “Mister, many thanks.”

D

He said “You don’t have to call me mister, mister”

A

“The whole world calls me Hank”

Chorus x2