"Ride Away"
(Roy Orbison - Bill Dees)
Intro:
(acoustic guitar doubled w/acoustic bass (4X; continue into verse):)
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Verse 1:
E
Two wheels a-turnin'
One girl a-yearnin'
Big motor burnin' the road
(drums enter)
I'll ride the highway
I'm going my way
I leave a story untold
Chorus 1:
ABA
Pretty girls behind me
ABAE
But pretty girls are ev...'rywhere
ABA
Big motor wind up
ABAE
Ride on away from here
(1:) D E
Ride away
Bridge A:
(E) Am7D7Dm7G7Cmaj7Am
She won't approve of things I do or what I am
Dm7G7Cmaj7
And I don't really give a... I understand
AmF
But she'll never see
D7/F#
That I'll never be
G
Anyone but me
EGE
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Bridge B:
F#mG#m
She thinks she needs me
F#mG#m
She cries for me
F#mG#m
But I know she's lying
F#mG#mF#m
Crying for others to see
F#
What can I say
BB#
I'll just ride away
Verse 2:
(Ride, ride away, boy, ride, ride away, boy)
Big motor run, run
Ride on away from
Heartache and misery
I'm bound to wander (big motor run, run)
Way over yonder
Someone may wait just for me
Chorus 2:
True love to cling to
I need a dream to share
Someone to know me
Someone to show me they care
Coda:
C#mB
Ride away
C#mB
Ride away
AE
From tears and sorrow
AE
Like there's no tomorrow
AF#7Fmaj7E
Tonight I'll ri-ide away
(repeat intro riff to fade)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers