Chords for The Ride - David Allan Coe

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] Say, hey, goodness me, _ what's got you thinking?
[D] I'm about to get [G] something a [C]-doogie.
[G] _
[C] Say, hey, baby, _ don't you think, baby,
we [D] could find [G] us a brand-new [C] recipe? _ _
[F] I got a hot dog [C] for it and a two-dollar [F] bill,
and I know a [C] spot right over the [F] hill
that's gonna [C] pop and the dance is free.
[D] So if you wanna have fun, come [G] along with me.
[C] Say, hey, goodness me, _ what's got you thinking?
[D] I'm about to [G] get something [C] a-doogie.
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[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
Well, I was thumbing from Montgomery.
[Eb] I had my guitar on my back _
[F] when a stranger stopped beside [C] me in an antique Cadillac.
He was dressed like 1950, [Eb] half-crunk and hollow-eyed.
[F] He said, it's a long walk to Nashville.
Would [C] you like to ride soon?
_ [Bb] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ [C]
I sat down in the front [G] seat.
[Eb] They turned on the radio,
[F] and them sad old songs coming out of them speakers
[C] were solid country gold.
Then I noticed the stranger was ghost-white [Eb] there
when he asked me for a light,
and [F] I knew there was something strange about [C] this ride.
He [Bb] said, Dribbler, can you make [F] folks cry when you play [C] and sing? _ _
Have you paid your dues?
Can you moan the blues?
[G] Can you bend them guitar strings?
He [Bb] said, boy, can you make [F] folks feel what you feel [C] inside?
_ Cause [Bb] if your big star found, [F] let me warn you, it's a long, [C] hard walk. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Cm]
[C] Then he cried just south of Nashville,
[Eb] and he turned that car around.
He [F] said, this is where you get off, boy,
[C] cause I'm going back to Alabama. _
As I stepped out of that Cadillac,
[Eb] I said, [Cm] Mr.
Many [F] Thanks.
He said, you don't have to call me Mr.,
[C] Mr.
The whole world called me Hank.
[Bb] He said, Dribbler, can you make [F] folks cry when you [C] play and sing? _
Have you paid your dues?
Can you moan the blues?
[G] Can you bend them guitar strings?
[Bb] He said, boy, can you [F] make folks feel what you [C] feel inside? _ _
[Bb] Cause if your big star [F] found, let me warn you, it's a [C] long, hard ride. _
[Bb] He said, Dribbler, can you [F] make folks cry when you [C] play and sing? _
Have you paid your dues?
Can you moan the [G] blues?
Can you bend them guitar strings?
He [Bb] said, boy, can you make [F] folks feel what you feel [C] inside? _
[Bb] Cause if your big star found, [F] let me warn you, it's a long, [C] hard ride. _ _
[Bb] Cause if your big star found, [F] let me warn you, it's a long, [C] hard ride. _ _ _
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