Chords for Mountain Heart "The Ride"

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_ While I was thumbing for Montgomery, [Dm] I had my [D] guitar in my bag.
_ [G] When a stranger pulled up beside of me [D] in an old antique Cadillac.
_ _ _ _ And he was dressed like 1950, [F] half drunk and hollow-eyed.
[D] Said it's a long walk to Nashville, would you like a ride son? _ _ _ _
_ So I was sitting down in the front [F] seat, turned on the radio.
[G] And them sad old songs coming out of [D] them speakers was solid country gold.
Then I noticed the stranger was Gus Whitebell when he asked me for a light.
[G] Then I knew there was something strange [D] about that ride. _
[C] He said, Mr.
can you make folks cry when [D] you're playing sad? _
Lord can you pay your dues, can you blow on the [A] blues, can you bend them guitar strings?
[C] Son can you [G] make folks feel what you [D] feel inside? _
[A] Cause if you're big star [G] bound, let me warn you it's a [Dm] long party ride. _
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Well he cried just south of Nashville, [Dm] he turned that [Gm] car around.
[G] He said, this is where you get off son, [D] cause I'm heading back to Alabama. _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] So I stepped out of the Cadillac, [Dm] I said Mr.
many thanks.
He [G] said, you don't have to call me Mr.
Mr.
[D] The hard work caused me ache, he [C] said Mr.
can you make [D] folks cry when you're playing [D] sad?
_ Lord can you pay your dues, can you blow on the blues, can you bend them [A] guitar strings?
_ Son can you make folks feel what you [D] feel inside?
_ [A] Cause if you're big star [D] bound, let me warn you it's a long party ride.
He said, Mr.
can you make folks cry when you're playing sad?
_ Lord can you pay your dues, can you blow on the blues, can you [A] bend them guitar strings?
[E] Son can you [D] make folks feel what you feel _ inside?
Cause if you're big star bound, let me warn you it's a long [E] party ride.
[A] Hey if you're big star bound, let me warn you it's a long [D] party ride.
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [E] Joshua Lebo
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