Ridin' Out the Storm Rodney Crowell
Ridin' Out The Storm
Rodney Crowell
Fate's Right Hand
Here is my version of this song.
Country finger(slowly)
pick C to G on C chord.
Don't pic high E string (only at Am).
Play barred F chord.
Intro: C
(Verse 1)
[C]The New York City winter comes in cold grey sheets of steel
[Em]The numbness in his hands and feet is all that he can feel
[F]Alcohol and sterno turns a do[C]orway to a bed
And the ghost of who he might have been li[G]ves on inside his h[Am]ead
(Verse 2)
[C]In a canyon made of brownstone on a sidewalk icy black
[Em]He wanders nearly barefoot with his righteousness in tact
[F]A man of many mansions in a ca[C]rdboard box replete
He lies sleeping with an angel while his h[G]eart pretends to b[Am]eat
(Chorus) Strum to the *
[F]The wind blows down on Lonely Street like an ice pick through the air
[Am]Midst the Sunday times, coffee grinds and wino's in Times Square
F *C
Five flights up on Easy Street you know she's safe and warm
W[C]ay down low neath a foot of snow he's ri[G]ding out the s[Am]torm
(Verse 3)
[C]I offered him my winter coat politely he refused
[Em]Like an educated man he spoke with words I seldom use
[F]He said I don't need pity for these ch[C]oices are my own
He bowed his head just slightly and qu[G]ietly moved al[Am]ong
(Chorus)
(Lead) C
[C]Its not like he's a victim of the homeless life he stalks
[Em]Nor helpless to get back across the fine line that he walks
[F]Riding out the storm means yeste[C]rday's already spent
Tomorrow don't mean nothing it wo[G]n't even make a d[Am]ent
(Chorus)
[C]Ridin out,Ridin out,Ridin out
[Am]Ridin out,Ridin out,Ridin out
(Repeat to fade)
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