Rodney Crowell - Ridin' Out The Storm 1 guitar chord

Ridin' Out The Storm

Rodney Crowell

Fate's Right Hand

Here is my version of this song.

Country finger(slowly)

pick C to G on C chord.

Don't pic high E string (only at Am).

Play barred F chord.

Intro: C

(Verse 1)

C

The New York City winter comes in cold grey sheets of steel

Em

The numbness in his hands and feet is all that he can feel

F C

Alcohol and sterno turns a doorway to a bed

G Am

And the ghost of who he might have been lives on inside his head

(Verse 2)

C

In a canyon made of brownstone on a sidewalk icy black

Em

He wanders nearly barefoot with his righteousness in tact

F C

A man of many mansions in a cardboard box replete

G Am

He lies sleeping with an angel while his heart pretends to beat

(Chorus) Strum to the *

F

The wind blows down on Lonely Street like an ice pick through the air

Am

Midst the Sunday times, coffee grinds and wino's in Times Square

F *C

Five flights up on Easy Street you know she's safe and warm

C G Am

Way down low neath a foot of snow he's riding out the storm

(Verse 3)

C

I offered him my winter coat politely he refused

Em

Like an educated man he spoke with words I seldom use

F C

He said I don't need pity for these choices are my own

G Am

He bowed his head just slightly and quietly moved along

(Chorus)

(Lead) C

C

Its not like he's a victim of the homeless life he stalks

Em

Nor helpless to get back across the fine line that he walks

F C

Riding out the storm means yesterday's already spent

G Am

Tomorrow don't mean nothing it won't even make a dent

(Chorus)

C

Ridin out,Ridin out,Ridin out

Am

Ridin out,Ridin out,Ridin out

(Repeat to fade)