Ridin' Out the Storm Rodney Crowell
written by Rodney Crowell
INTRO: C
[C]The New York City winter comes in cold grey sheets of steel
A nu[Am]mbness in his hands and feet is all that he can feel
[F]Alcohol and sterno turns a door[C]way to a bed
And the ghost of who he might have been lives [G7]on inside his h[Am]ead
In a canyon made of brownstone on a sidewalk icy black
He wanders nearly barefoot with his righteousness intact
A man of man mansions in a cardboard box replete
He lies sleeping with an angel while his heart pretends to beat
CHORUS:
The [F]wind blows down on Lonely Street like an ice-pick thru the air
'Midst the Sunday Times and the coffee grinds and the winos in town square
[G7]Five flights up on Easy Street you k[C]now she's safe and warm
Way down low 'neath a foot of snow he's r[G7]idin' out the s[Am]torm
I offered him my winter coat politely he refused
Like an educated man he spoke with words I seldom use
He said I don't need pity for these choices are my own
He bowed his head just slightly and quietly moved along
CHORUS
SOLO
It's not like he's a victim of the homeless life he stalks
Nor helpless to get back across the fine line that he walks
Riding out the storm means yesterday's already spent
Tomorrow don't mean nothing it won't even make a dent
CHORUS
[C](Ridin' out, ridin' out, ridin' out) ooh-ooh-o[Am]ooh
[C](Ridin' out, ridin' out, ridin' out) ooh-ooh-o[Am]oh
(repeat this for a while, then just play chords, and finally just play C)
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