E5 
I was just out of the service thumbin' through the classifieds 
A5 
When an ad that said old chevy somehow caught my eye 
E5 
The lady didn't know the year or even if it ran 
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But I had that thousand dollars in my hand 
 

E5 
It was way back in the in corner of this old ramshackle barn 
A5 
With thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp 
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When I pulled the cover off it took away my breath 
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What she called a chevy was a sixty-six corvette 
 
 
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I felt a little guilty as I counted out the bills 
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What a thrill I got when I sat behind the wheel 
E5 
I opened up the glove box and that's when I found the note 
A5                                                            B5 E5 
The date was nineteen sixty-six and this is what he wrote 
 
CHORUS 
   C#5          B5          A5           B5 
My name is private Andrew Malone 
   C#5              B5               A5                    B5 
If your reading this then I didn't make it home 
             B5                             C#5        A5 B5 
But for every dream that's shatered another one comes true 
         A5                        A5                               B5 B5 
This car was once a dream of mine now it belongs to you 
        E5                         B5                    A5 B5 
And though you may take her and make her your own 
           A5              A5    B5          B5          (repeat intro) 
You'll always be riding with private malone 
 
VERSE 2 
E5 
It didn't take me long at all I had her runnin' good 
A5 
I loved to hear those horses thunder underneath her hood 
E5 
I had her shinin' like a diamond and I'd put the rag top down 
            A5                                                            B5 E5 
All the pretty girls would stop and stare as I drove her thruogh town 
        C#5                                     B5 
The buttons on the radio didn't seem to work quite right 
       E5                                                    A5 B5 
But it picked up that oldies show especially late at night 
     E5 
I'd get the feelin' sometimes if I turned real quick I'd see 
     A5                                             B5 E5 
A soldier riding shotgun in the seat right next to me 
 
CHORUS 
              C#5                        B5           A5           B5 
It was a young man named private Andrew Malone 
         C#5               B5                  A5                     B5 
Who fought for his country and never made it home 
             B5                             C#5                     A5 B5 
But for every dream that's shatered there's another that comes true 
         A5                         A5                   B5 B5 
This car was once a dream of his back when it was new 
             E5               B5                     A5                    B5 
And he told me to take her and make her my own 
                   A5                  A5    B5         B5          (repeat intro) 
And I was proud to be riding with private malone 
 
VERSE 3 
 

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One night it was raining hard I took a curb to fast 
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I still don't remember much about that firey crash 
E5 
Someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out 
A5                                                B5                        E5 
They didn't get his name but I know without a doubt 
 
CHORUS 
              C#5                        B5           A5           B5 
It was a young man named private Andrew Malone 
         C#5               B5                  A5                     B5 
Who fought for his country and never made it home 
              B5                          C#5                  A5 B5 
But for every dream that shaters there's another that comes true 
         A5                        A5                   B5 B5 
This car was once a dream of his back when it was new 
          E5                        B5                   A5 B5 
And I know I wouldn't be here if he hadn't tagged along 
                 A5                A5    B5          B5          (repeat intro) 
Yeah that night I was riding with private malone 
                A5               A5    B5         B5          (repeat intro) 
Oh thank god I was riding with private malone 
E5 
Private malone....