Song: Let it Ride
Artist: Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Album: Cold Roses
Both guitars: Standard tuning (EADGBe)
Chords used:
Dm : (x00231)
F : (133211)
C : (x32010)
A# : (688766)
INTRO
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- Guitar 1 (Acoustic) : Dm / F / C
- Guitar 2 (Electric) :
Dm F C
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B||---------| |------------8----10---10--|
G||---------| x1 |-----------------9----10--| x2
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A||---------| |--------------------------|
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VERSE 1
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- Guitar 1 (Acoustic) :
Dm
Moving like the fog on the Cumberland River
C F
I was leaving on the Delta Queen
A# F C
And I wasn't ready to go
A# F C
I'm never ready to go
Dm
27 years of nothing but failures
C F
and promises that I couldn't keep, Oh Lord
A# F C
and I wasn't ready to go
A# F C
I'm never ready to go
- Guitar 2 (Electric) :
And I wasn't ready to go ...
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B||--6-----6--------6--------|--5/-3--1--3--3/-5------|
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A||--------------------------|------------------------|
E||--------------------------|------------------------|
I'm never ready to go ...
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B||--6-----6--------6--------|--5/-3--1--3--3/-5------|
G||--7-----7--------5--5-----|------------------------|
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A||--------------------------|------------------------|
E||--------------------------|------------------------|
CHORUS
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- Guitar 1 (Acoustic) :
Dm
Let it ride
A# F C
Let it ride easy down the road
Dm
Let it ride
A# F C
Let it take away all of the darkness
Dm
Let it ride
A# F C F
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
A#
Until it brings me home
A# Dm - Intro Riff
Let it ride. Let it roll, Let it go
- Guitar 2 (Electric) :
Let it go ...
Dm Dm Dm F C
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D||--0------0--------0----|-----------------|--0------0--------3----|--2~-------------|
A||------------0--3-------|-----------------|------------0--3-------|-----------3~----|
E||-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
Dm Dm Dm F C Dm - Verse 2
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D||--0------0--------0----|-----------------|--3------3-------------|--------3----2~---0~---|
A||------------0--3-------|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E||-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
VERSE 2
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- Guitar 1 (Acoustic) :
Dm
Loaded like a sailor tumbling off a ferryboat
C F
I was at the bar till three, Oh Lord
A# F C
and I wasn't ready to go
A# F C
I'm never ready to go
Dm
Tennessee's a brother to my sister Carolina
C F
Where they were gonna bury me
A# F C
and I wasn't ready to go
A# F C
I'm never ready to go
- Guitar 2 (Electric) :
And I wasn't ready to go ...
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B||--6-----6--------6--------|--5/-3--1--3--3/-5------|
G||--7-----7--------5--5-----|------------------------|
D||--------------------------|------------------------|
A||--------------------------|------------------------|
E||--------------------------|------------------------|
I'm never ready to go ...
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B||--6-----6--------6--------|--5/-3--1--3--3/-5------|
G||--7-----7--------5--5-----|------------------------|
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A||--------------------------|------------------------|
E||--------------------------|------------------------|
CHORUS - Repeat
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BRIDGE
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- Guitar 1 (Acoustic) :
A#
I wanna see you tonight
A#
Dancing in the endless moonlight
F C
In a parking lot in the headlights of cars
A#
Some place on the moon
A#
Where they moved the drive-in theatre
F
Where I left the car that I can't find
C(*)
but I still got the keys to
(*) Play once
CHORUS - Repeat
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OUTRO
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- Guitar 1 (Acoustic) : Dm / F / C
- Guitar 2 (Electric) :
Dm Dm Dm F C
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A||------------0--3-------|-----------------|------------0--3-------|-----------3~----|
E||-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
Dm Dm Dm F C
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D||--0------0--------0----|-----------------|--3------3-------------|--------3--------|
A||------------0--3-------|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
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