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Stay on the Ride Chords

Music by: Patty Griffin
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[Intro 1]
[Em][G][Em][G][Em][A]
[Em][G][Em][G][Em][G][Em][A]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Little old man,
little old man staring down [G]the road[Em]
Waiting on [G]the bus,
[Em]he's getting kinda[A] cold[Em]
Bus finally get[G]s t[A]here,
[Em]he g[A]ot n[Em]owhere to sit down[G][Em]
And the [G]driver [Em]said, "You can stand [G]right here [D]behind [Em]me
[G]or [Em]wait for the next one[G] to come aroun[Em]d"
And the [G]old man [D]says, [Em]"That's okay,
[A]I'll stand[Em][A]
[Em]I might look like a litt[G]le old man to you[Em]
[A]But I've been rid[Em]ing this bus[G] for
[Em]years [Asus4]and years and years
[Em]I don't even know wher[G]e
it's go[Em]ing to"
And the [G]driver says,
[Em]"You don't know [G]where this bus is going to?"[Em][A]
[Em]Old man [G]says, "No,
I don't, [Em]do you?"
[A]Driver say[Em]s, "You don't know where
this bus [G]is going [A]to?"[Em]
[G]Old man [Asus4]says,
[Em]"I just want[G] it to get me th[Em]rough
Hey, I'm stay[A]ing on the ride,
[B]it's gonna tak[Em]e me [G]somewhere[Em][G]
[A]Staying on the ride,
[B]it's gonna tak[A]e me [Em]somewhere
[G]Somewhere, [Em]somewhere, [G]som[Em]ewhere,
[Asus4]somewhere"[Em][A]

[Verse 2]
[Em]The bus [G]is rolling along,
[Em]outs[G]ide [Em]it's looking kinda st[G]range[Em]
[G]The Earth [Asus4]is shak i[Em]ng,
[G]the clouds [Em]are breaking
[A]Everything is [Em]blue where
it [G]was [Em]gray
A thou[A]sand [Em]rivers [G]flood[A][Em][G]
[Em]over field[G]s of s[Em]now
[A]The dri[Em]ver looks back in the
[G]mirror for the old [Em]man[A]
[Em]"Where did he go, [G]where did he go?
[Em]Oh, [A]ther[Em]e he is
[G]Hey, old[Em] man, old man,[A] old[Em] man,
[G]you still don't [Em]know?"
And the [A]old man [Em]says, "No, I don't [G]son,
[Em]but [G]I'm [A]ha[Em]ppy to go[G]"
[Em]Hey, "I'm stay[A]ing on the ride,
[B]it'[Em]s gonna tak[A]e me somewhe[Em]re"[G]
[A]Hey[Em], he [G]said, "I'[A]m staying on the ride,
[B]it'[Em]s gonna take me somewhere
[G]Somewhere, [Em]somewhere,
[G]some[Em]where, [G]somewhe[Em]re
[A]I was born

[Verse 3]
with no name,
knowing [B]nothing, still [Em]I don't
Somebody [A]said, 'You need a name,
[Em]I'm gonna give y[B]ou a name'
And I said, [C]'No, you won't,' I said,
[B]'No, you won't'"
[Em]Oh,[A][Em][Asus4]
[A][Em][G][Em][A][Em][A][Em][A]
[Em]"You can let [D]me off here,
[G]son, [Em]thank[G] y[Em]ou for the [G]ride"[Em]
And the [G]driver [D]said, "This is the middle of [G]nowhere,
[Em]sir,"[A][Em]
He pulls [G]off to [Em]the side
And the [D]old man [Em]says, "It might look that way [A]to you,
[Em]mayb[A]e it[Em] is"[A][Em]
[G]Old man [A]says, [Em]"It might look that way to y[G]ou,
[Em]son, [G]may[Em]be it is,"[A][Em]
And he [A]says, "Stay on the ride,
[B]it's gonna tak[Em]e you somewhere,"
[G]Hey, [Em]hey, [G]he s[Asus4]aid, "Stay on th[A]e ride,
[B]it'[Em]s gonna take you somewhere
[G]Somewhere, som[Em]ewhere,
[G]som[Em]ewher[G]e, somewhere[Em]
It [A]always [G]takes [Em]you somewhere,
[G]gonna take you some[Em]where
It [A]always takes you somewhere,
gotta take you some[Em]where
It [G]always takes [Em]you somewhere,
[G]gonna take you somewhe[Em]re
It [G]always takes you some[Em]where,
[G]gonna take you [Em]somewhere"
[Em][G]
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