The Ride Chords by David Allan Coe

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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 drunk and hollow-eyed.
[F] He said, it's a long walk to Nashville.
Would [C] you like to [Cm] ride? _ _
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I sat down in the front seat [Eb] and turned on the radio.
[F] And them sad old songs coming out of them speakers [C] was solid Contra Gold.
Then I noticed the stranger was ghost white hair [Eb] when he asked me for a light.
And [F] I knew there was something strange about [C] this ride.
_ He [Bb] said, Drifter, 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 down guitar strings?
He [Bb] said, boy, can you make [F] folks feel what you feel [C] inside?
_ Cause [Bb] if you're big star bound, [F] let me warn you, it's a long, [C] hard ride. _ _ _
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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 [Bb] Hank.
He said, Drifter, can you [F] make folks cry when you [C] play and sing? _
Have you paid your dues?
Can you moan the blues?
[G] Can you bend down guitar strings?
[Bb] He said, boy, can you [N] make folks feel what you feel inside? _ _ _ _ _
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