Chords for Emitt Rhodes - Come Ride, Come Ride (1968/1971)

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[A] _ _ [C] Hearing children [D] as they laugh and [C] they sing
[G] _ Pulling [C] brass rings, [D] dreaming [A] all sorts of things
_ And the stare [C] in their mother's [D] eyes, both fear [C] and delight
_ [G] _ Shaking [C] from fright, [D] but she knows _
[A] everything's _ alright
Come right, [C] come right, [G] _ _ [D] up and down
Go _ [C] merry, go merry, [A] go round _ _
_ Pictures [C] bring back thoughts [D] and things from [C] the past _
[G] _ Memories, [C] they last, [D] even though [A] time, it will pass
_ _ _ Memories [C] are real when [D] there is nothing [C] more
_ [G] Whenever [C] you're bored and [D] there's nothing [A] to live for _
Come right, [C] come right, [G] up [D] and down
Go merry, [C] go merry, [A] go _ round _ _
[C] An old [D] man who sits and [C] he scraps in [G] his chair _
[D] Waiting [C] to die, [D] the boy starts [C] to cry, but [A] the man he cannot
Cause [C] he's lived far [D] too long and [C] there is [G] nothing left
[D] But visions [C] of you, and [D] he serves no [C] more use than [A] a book on the shelf _
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[E] Life [C] is sweet when [D] you've lost all your [C] fear _
[G] Death that [C] is near, [D] your cares they [A] will disappear
_ _ You sit and [C] remember [D] the gay laughing [C] sounds
[G] The ups and the downs, [D] you're right, oh, [A] go merry, go _ round
Come right, [C] come right, _
[G] up [D] and down
Go merry, [C] go merry, [A] go round _ _ _
Life is just a merry-go-round _
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