The Bike Chords by Amy Correia

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ I became [C] the heiress [G] to a red and rusted [C] bicycle [G] Built like a tank from [C] Sears and [B] Roebuck [Bm] circa
_ [C] [G] 1952 It had been entrusted to me by my late great
uncle Pat And I guess he [Em] didn't ride it much
[G] Both tires on the bike were [Em] bad [D] _ Pat _ [Em] _ _ [G] had died at Christmas time in 1991
He had fallen [C] off the wagon And he sunk into a Christmas [G] song
My father [C] he had found [Em] him Two days after [C] he had died
[G] Well he drank [C] himself to death one night In [D] a little home [Em] he owned by the seaside
[G] Well I took the [C] bike and slinged it [Bm] up And my father he [Am] packed up the tires
[G] And I go on the [C] town like dustbin in my [Bm] wheels And when I [C] die I wonder how it [G] feels Hey!
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[C] _ [D] You know I'm riding on [C] _ [G] it!
Hey!
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] The funeral [C] service was a few days [Bm] later At a place down the [C] street from where he
had [G] lived There wasn't a [C] hell of a turnout
He had never married and he never had [G] kids The coffin [C] lid was open
[Bm] Pat was [C] lying inside [G] My sister had a [C] picture of a poodle named
[Bm] Pepper She put it in his [G] hand and then she cried _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] Now I'm riding [C] around the city [Bm] Through the smog and [Am] the summer heat
[G] And I'm blowing through [C] all the red [Bm] lights I guess you could say [Am] I'm feeling lucky
[G] And the taxis and [C] the trucks [Bm] Everybody [Am] blowing their horns
[G] And I got a [C] bicycle bell to ring [Bm] And I got an [Am] ocean to sing as I'm [G] riding
along _ [C] Hey!
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[C] _ [D] I'm just _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] riding [D] on right [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] now!
La la la [C] la la la la [D] la la [C] la la la [G] la la la la la la la [D] la la la [C] la la la la [G] la la la
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [C] Well I didn't even [A] really know him at all [C] And I wonder [G] can he see me [A] as I'm riding along
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[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ So the day that Pat was buried The air was [C] cold and clear
[G] And we drove out to [C] the cemetery And snow [G] flew [Em] around in the air
And a [G] hired man [C] from the state Played taps on a coronet
[G] And a flag was presented [C] to his sister By [Gm] time in the [C] service that Pat had spent
[G] When he used to ride [C] on the bike [Bm] Way back in [C] 52
[G] He was starting out [C] a life And the bike it was brand [G] new
And life was laid [C] before him [Bm] Like a platter before [Am] a king
[G] He was young and he [C] was handsome [Bm] And the world [Am] was alive with [G] meaning Hey!
[C] _ [Bm] And the world was alive [Am] with meaning [G] Hey!
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[C] I'm [D] just riding around [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] You [D] know I'm riding around
[Em] _ [G] _ Hey!
[C] I'm just [D] riding [C] around [G] You know I'm riding around
[C] _ [D] I'm riding around You know [C] I'm riding around [G] Hey!
[C] _ [D] I'm riding around
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