The Ride David Allan Coe
This is my first tab. It sounds right to me. You can pick the verses and then strum the chorus.
No Capo
(Verse)
[D]Well, I was thumbin' from Montgomery
[F]Had my guitar on my back
[G]When a stranger stopped beside me in an [D]antique Cadillac.
[D]He was dressed like 1950, half [F]drunk and hollow-eyed.
He [G]said, "It's a long walk to Nashville. Would you like a [D]ride, son?"
(Verse)
[D]I sat down in the front seat. [F]He turned on the radio,
[G]And them sad old songs comin' out of them speakers was [D]solid country gold.
[D]Then I noticed the stranger was ghost-white pale when he [F]asked me for a light
[G]And I knew there was something strange about this [D]ride.
(Chorus)
[D]He said, "[C]Drifter, can you make folks [G]cry when you play and [D]sing?
[D]Have you paid your dues? Can you moan the Blues?
[D]Can you [A]bend them guitar strings?"
[A]He said, "[C]Boy, can you make folks [G]feel what you feel [D]inside?
[D]'Cause if you're [C]big-star bound, let me [G]warn you it's a long, hard [D]ride."
(Verse)
[D]Then he cried just south of Nashville and he [F]turned that car around.
[F]He said, "[G]This is where you get off, Boy, '[D]Cause I'm goin' back to Alabam'."
[D]As I stepped out of that Cadillac, I said, "[F]Mister, many thanks."
[G]He said, "You don't have to call me 'Mister', Mister;
[D]The whole world called me 'Hank'!"
(Chorus)
[D]He said, "[C]Drifter, can you make folks [G]cry when you play and [D]sing?
[D]Have you paid your dues? Can you m-o-o-oan the Blues?
[D]Can you [A]bend them guitar strings?"
[A]He said, "[G]Boy, can you make folks [C]feel what you feel [D]inside?
[D]'Cause if you're [C]big-star bound, let me [G]warn you it's a long, hard [D]ride."
[D]He said, "[C]Drifter, can you make folks [G]cry when you play and [D]sing?
[D]Have you paid your dues? Can you m-o-o-oan the Blues?
[D]Can you [A]bend them guitar strings?"
[A]He said, "[G]Boy, can you make folks [C]feel what you feel [D]inside?
[D]'Cause if you're [C]big-star bound, let me [G]warn you it's a long, hard [D]ride."
[D]If you're [C]big-star bound, let me [G]warn you it's a long, hard [D]ride.
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