The Ride Chords by Chris Ledoux

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I was six years old, my brother was ten, when July [G] day came a-runnin' in, [Am] seen a Ferris
wheel at the edge of town, so of course [C] we headed on down.
_ _ _ _ Well it took us an hour to walk that far, _ [G] carrying our fortune in a mason jar.
[Am] It was all pretty sad, a cheap county fair, [F] with a few old rides, but there was [C] ponies there. _ _ _ _
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Well the ponies stunk and the air was still in [G] that dusty circle behind the Ferris wheel.
_ [Am] This old guy smelled of a smokin' rum, _ _ [F] swung me up and set me [C] down on one.
_ _ _ Well I'd never rode a horse, but I'd seen it done, _ [G] _ cowboy movies [Em] made it look like fun.
[Am] This old man whispered a few soft words, [F] it was the [Dm] best advice [C] I'd ever heard. _ _ _ _
He [F] said, tall in the saddle, _ hold your head [C] up high, _ _ _ keep your [G] eyes fixed where the trail
meets the [C] sky, _ _ _ _ _ [F] and live like you ain't afraid to [C] die, _ _ _ _ and don't be [G] scared, _ _ _ just [C] enjoy your ride. _ _ _ _ _
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I went up and cared with shaking hands, [G] but I came down a full grown man, just [Am] like he
cast some voodoo spell.
[F] Things were different for me now I [C] could tell. _ _
_ _ _ Cause whenever troubles came wandering in, [G] this rhyme would pop in my head again.
[Am] And somehow I rode through the needles and nails, [F] rambles and [C] thorns and life and tales.
_ _ _ He [F] said, tall in the saddle, _ hold your head up [C] high, _ _ _ keep your [G] eyes fixed where the trail
meets the [C] sky, _ _ [F] _ _ _
and live like you ain't afraid to [C] die, _ _ _ _ and don't be [G] scared, _ _ _ just [C] enjoy your ride. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well I know someday farther down the [G] road, I'll come to the edge of the great unknown,
[Am] I'll stand a black horse riderless, _ [F]
and I'll wonder if [C] I'm ready for this. _ _
_ _ Well I'll saddle him up and he'll switch his tail, and [G] I'll tip my hat and bid farewell,
and [Am] lift my song into the air, [F] that I learned at that [C]
dusty fair. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] He said, tall in the saddle, hold your head [C] up high, _ _ _ keep your [G] eyes fixed _ where the trail
meets [C] the sky, _ _ and _ [F] _ live like you ain't afraid [C] to die, _ _ _ and don't be [G] scared, _ _ _ just enjoy [Am] your ride.
_ _ _ Nah, don't be [G] scared, _ _ just enjoy your [C] ride. _ _ _ _ _ _
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