Ride Captain Ride Blues Image
Date: 24 May 1995 20:46:38 -0500
'Ride Captain Ride' by Blues Image
standard tuning (EBGDAE)
'hey is that freedom rock? well turn it UP dude!'
(no solos included, just my adaptation of organ/guitar chords
played in song)
verse chord progression
[Dsus2] [D] [Dsus2] [D] [E] [E7] [E] [F] [F#]
---0--2--2--2-----0--2--2--2-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--1--2--| ---3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-----0--0--0--3--3-----0--1--2--| ---2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--2--3--| ---0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--3--4--| ---------------------------------2--2--2--2--2-----2--3--4--| ---------------------------------0--0--0--0--0-----0--1--2--|
[G7] [G6] [G6] [Dsus2] [D] [Dsus2] [D]
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----0--2--2-----0--2--2--| --3--3--3--3--3--6--3--5--3--5--3-----3--3--3-----3--3--3--| --4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----2--2--2-----2--2--2--| --3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--| --5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------------------| --3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------------------------|
end of verse chords pre-solo riff
[D5] [Dsus4] [D] [A]
---5--3--2-- -----------------0--| ---3--3--3-- -----------------2--| ---2--2--2-- -----------------2--| ---0--0--0-- -----------------2--| ------------ -----------------0--| ------------ --2--3--4--4--5-----|
.....how it all goes together....
(intro: D-C-D-C)
------------verse-------------
(play verse chord progression as shown above while singing;
I've included chord names but look at tab for voicings)
[Dsus2]seventy[D] three men[Dsus2] sailed[D] up
from the [E]san francis[E7]co bay[E] [F] [F#]
[G7]rolled off of their ship
and h[G6]eres what they [Dsus2]had to[D] say[Dsus2] [D]
we're [Dsus2]calling[D] everyone to ri[Dsus2]de alon[D]g
[E]to anot[E7]her shore[E] [F] [F#]
[G7]we can laugh our lives [G6]away
and be [Dsus2]free on[D]ce more[Dsus2] [D]
[Dsus2]no one [D]heard them [Dsus2]calling[D]
[E]no one came a[E7]t all[E] [F] [F#]
[G7]cause they were too busy watching
G6 Dsus2 D D5 Dsus4 D ('end of verse'
those old raindrops fall chords)
[Dsus2]as a st[D]orm was [Dsus2]blowin[D]
[E]out on a peac[E7]eful sea[E] [F] [F#]
[G7]seventy three men sailing [G6]on to [Dsus2]histor[D]y[D5] [Dsus4] [D]
-----------(chorus)------------
[D]ride captain ride upon your [A]mystery ship
[A]be [B] am[C]azed at the friends you're having [D]on your trip
[D]ride captain ride upon your [A]mystery ship
[A]on y[B]our [C]way to a world that others [D]might have missed
(next, play pre-solo riff 1x, and then play D-Bb-D-Bb-A chords
during 1st solo...)
(...now go back and sing/play 1st eight lines of verse (up to
and including "and be free once more" line...))
(..finally, sing/play chorus again 2x, and then just play
chorus chords as 2nd solo fades out)
.....questions, comments and corrections to jeffnmoe@mcs.com
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