Ride Away

Intro: 
 
(acoustic guitar doubled w/acoustic bass [4X; continue into verse]:) 
 
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Verse 1: 
 
E 
Two wheels a-turnin‘ 
One girl a-yearnin‘ 
Big motor burnin‘ the road 
 
(drums enter) 
 
I‘ll ride the highway 
I‘m going my way 
I leave a story untold 
 
Chorus 1: 
 
A B A 
Pretty girls behind me 
A B A E 
But pretty girls are ev...‘rywhere 
A B A 
Big motor wind up 
A B A E 
Ride on away from here 
 
[1:] D E 
Ride away 
 
Bridge A: 
 
(E) Am7 D7 Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 Am 
She won‘t approve of things I do or what I am 
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 
And I don‘t really give a... I understand 
Am F 
But she‘ll never see 
D7/F# 
That I‘ll never be 
G 
Anyone but me 
 
E G E 
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Bridge B: 
 
F#m G#m 
She thinks she needs me 
F#m G#m 
She cries for me 
F#m G#m 
But I know she‘s lying 
F#m G#m F#m 
Crying for others to see 
F# 
What can I say 
B F# B 
I‘ll just ride away 
 
Verse 2: 
 
(Ride, ride away, boy, ride, ride away, boy) 
Big motor run, run 
Ride on away from 
Heartache and misery 
 
I‘m bound to wander (big motor run, run) 
Way over yonder 
Someone may wait just for me 
 
Chorus 2: 
 
True love to cling to 
I need a dream to share 
Someone to know me 
Someone to show me they care 
 
Coda: 
 
C#m B 
Ride away 
C#m B 
Ride away 
A E 
From tears and sorrow 
A E 
Like there‘s no tomorrow 
A F#7 Fmaj7 E 
Tonight I‘ll ri-ide away 
 
[repeat intro riff to fade]