RIDE TO TOWN
Intro: Bbm A Db Bbm Ab Db Bbm Ab Db I’m just an old dog who’s been around too long Bbm Ab Db This house ain’t nothin’ but a run-down peelin’ shack Bbm Ab Db Filled with old photographs, memories, and songs Ab F# Ab Bbm A lot of stuff that’s never comin’ back Ab Db Once I had a woman and a horse Bbm Ab Db They rode off and left me in the dust Bbm Ab Db Once I had a brand new Fairlane Ford Ab F# Ab Now she’s in the graveyard turned to rust Bbm Ab F# Ab Hey buddy can I get a ride to town Db Bbm Ebm Eb I ain’t been back there for so long Bbm Ab F# I just want to go one time around Ab Db Ab F# Ab To see what’s goin’ on Bbm Ab Db There used to be a gas pump and a store Bbm Ab Db Sold candy bars, soda pop, and ice Bbm Ab Db They boarded up the windows and the doors Ab F# Ab Bbm We used to think that place was paradise Ab Db And the girls ate chocolate sundaes in a cup Bbm Ab Db Underneath the ice cream parlor lights Bbm Ab Db We’d walk by and they’d all size us up Ab F# Ab Farm boys cruisin’ on a Friday night Bbm Ab F# Ab Hey buddy can I get a ride to town Db Bbm Ebm Eb I ain’t been back there for so long Bbm Ab F# I just wanna go one time around Ab Db Ab F# Ab See what’s goin’ on (bridge) Bbm Ab Db Bbm Ab Db F# Ab Db Ab Bbm Ab Bbm Ab Db Hey buddy can I bum a cigarette Bbm Ab Db These days I only smoke ’em halfway down Bbm Ab Db I’m just holding on ’til I get Ab F# Ab Back to my old stomping ground Bbm Ab F# Ab Hey buddy can I get a ride to town Db Bbm Ebm Eb I ain’t been back there for so long Bbm Ab F# I just want to go one time around Ab Db Ab F# Ab See what’s goin’ on Bbm Ab F# Ab Hey buddy can I get a ride to town Db Bbm Ebm Eb I’m lookin’ for the place I used to know Bbm Ab F# I just want to go one time around Ab Db Ebm F# So take it nice and slow Ab Db Ebm F# Take it nice and slow Ab Db Take it nice and slow Words and music by Robert Hazard © 2007 Heroic Music (ASCAP) |