• Song:

    Ridin In My Car

  • Artist:

    Nrbq

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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 12:29:11 -0500 (EST)
From: ed innes 
Subject: TAB: Ridin' In My Car by NRBQ

NRBQ: Ridin' In My Car, 1977 single written by Al Anderson, in G Major

Chords:
G(2nd octave):xx5787, Bm7/F#:x997<10>x, Am7/E:x7558x,
Am/D:x57555, Cadd13:8x<10>9<10>x, C:8x<10>98x, Gsus4:3x5533,
G7(#5):xx3443, D6:<10>99777.

Intro riff (played over verse chords):
E: 7 - - 7 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - 7 - - 7 -
B: - 8 - - 8 - - -10 - -10 - - - 8 - - 8 - - -10 - -10
G: - - 7 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - - 9 - - - 7 - - 9 - -

1st Verse:
G(2nd octave)                Bm7/F#
Remember last summer when we had the chance
   Am7/E                 Am/D
to find each other start making romance
       G(2nd octave)          Bm7/F#
But it didn't come off so you found another
            Am7/E                Am/D
Without one hand of a clock what good is the other

1st Chorus:
    Cadd13  C       Cadd13       C         Gsus4  G  G7(#5) *
And I can't find no true love oh baby it's so hard
      Cadd13       C              Cadd13    C         Am/D  D6
and I still think about you every time I'm ridin' in my car
* then add A then B as in: xx3443, xxx445, xxx447

2nd Verse...

2nd Chorus ;end on G instead of Am/D & D6

Bridge:      Am               Cm             D         G
Aww when I'm home alone I can think of other things to do
    Am                 Cm      D        A                D
but when I'm rollin in forward motion I think about only you

3rd Verse...

repeat 1st chorus; end on D, not D6

Solo:         bend&release
E: - - - - -(7b8r7)- - - - slide - - - - - - - - - - - -
B: - - 7 8 10- - - - -7 8 10/12 10 - - 7 8 10/12 7/8 - -
G: 7 9 - - - - - - 7 9 - - - - - - 7 9 - - - - - - - 7/9

repeat 1st chorus
repeat intro riff

Notes: Arranged by NRBQ with contrasting chords for electric clavinet. To
reconcile for solo guitar, add D chord at last beat of verse, and instead
of Cadd13 to C in the chorus, try C6add9 (8x7755) to Cadd13 (875555). A
simplified  arrangement for solo guitar accompaniment in the 1st octave
would be: Verse- G, Bm, Am7, Am/D (xx0210), G, Bm, Am7, Am/D to D (on last
 beat), Chorus- C6add9 (x3x230), C, etc.
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