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Ride Forever
composed by Paul Gross and David Keeley
performed by Paul Gross
From the CD "due South: Original Television Soundtrack" (Unforscene Music).

first transcribed to Guitartabs.cc by John Manning

Updated by Russell Reading with pick and new chords.
(using John's words in the hard bits I couldn't get - Thanks to him for them!)

The pick at the beginning goes something like this.
Basically it's the Chord With the top e open, picked with a suitable bass note.

Play the pattern D D, G G D D A G for the 1st verse (or play it as a short intro then strum).

That Pick then....

    D (xx0232@1)      DG	      G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)e|--------0---------0------------0------------0---------------0--------|
B|-----3----3----3-----------3-----3------3---------------2------2-----|
G|----2--2------2--2--3----0---0--------0---3---3-------2---2----------|
D|--0----------0-------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------0----------------|
E|-----------------------3------------3--------------------------------|

Note: You can also freely interchanged A and Am when playing this, see what sounds best to your ear..

DWell (xx0232@1)I was born up north of Great Slave, 1898,
      Gand (320003@1)I rode near all my life on a ranch near Devil's Gate.
         DAnd (xx0232@1)I've seen this world about me bend and flip and change.
                  Am (x02210@1)                      GHey (320003@1)it feels like rain -- that's a thundercloud.
     DWell (xx0232@1)I've been called a coward, but I've seen two World Wars.
    GAnd (320003@1)I lost my son Virgil, a Korean reward.
       DAnd (xx0232@1)my Lucy died last summer. You ask me if I cry,
                    Am (x02210@1)               GHell, (320003@1)I've shed tears: all over this ground,
        G (320003@1)                A (x02220@1)          Dthey're (xx0232@1)falling from these blue Alberta skies.


Chorus:

D (xx0232@1)                 AWe're (x02220@1)gonna ride forever,
Em (022000@1)                         GYou (320003@1)can't keep horsemen in a cage.
                  D (xx0232@1)                  AmShould (x02210@1)the angels call, well it's only then
                     GWe'll (320003@1)pull in the reins.


 DNow (xx0232@1)they tell me I'm an old man, they tell me I am blind.
     GThey (320003@1)took my driver's license, this house ain't far behind.
        DI (xx0232@1)said "Jump back all you big suits, you got something wrong
               Am (x02210@1)              G'cause (320003@1)I ain't gone. No I ain't gone."
DI (xx0232@1)am still breathing, and I still have my pride.
GAnd (320003@1)I have my memories, your life it never dies.
         DLike (xx0232@1)the wind that blows in thunder, like the stallion on the fly
         Am (x02210@1)                   GI (320003@1)got it all, and I'm standing tall
G (320003@1)              Am (x02210@1)         DUnderneath (xx0232@1)these blue Alberta skies.

[chorus]

DSo (xx0232@1)I say to all you old men: Don't let yourselves get broke.
       GIf (320003@1)you think the world's gone crazy and it's scratching at your throat
   Dit's (xx0232@1)time to dust off that old saddle and get it on a horse.
             A (x02220@1)                         GKick (320003@1)up your spurs: we're gonna run like stink
            G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)          DWe're (xx0232@1)gonna tear across these blue Alberta skies.

[chorus]