Riding With Private Malone Chords by David Ball

[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ I was just out of the service slumming through the _ classifies
[Am] When the night that said old Chevy somehow caught my eye
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The lady didn't know the year or even if it ran
But I had [Em] that thousand [E] dollars in my hand _
It was way back in [A] the corner of [E] this old ramshackle barn
[A] With thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp
[B] When I pulled the cover off [A] it took away my breath
What she called a Chevy [B] was a 66 [E] Corvette _
I [F#m] felt a little guilty as [B] I counted out the bills
[E] What a thrill I got when [A] I sat [B] behind the wheel
[E] I opened up the glove box and that's when I found the note
[A] The date was 1966 [B] and this is what he [E] wrote
He said [C#m] my [E] name is Private [A] Andrew [B] Malone
[E] If you're reading this then [A] I didn't make [B] it home _
[G#m] But for every dream [E] that shattered [F#m] another one [B] comes true
[F#m] This car was once a dream of mine [B] now it belongs to [C#m] you
Though you [B] may [F#m] take [A] her and make her [G#m] your own
[E] _ [F#m] You'll always be [B] riding with Private [E] Malone
[B] Well [E] _ _
_ it didn't take me long at all I had her running good
[A] I loved to hear those horses thunder underneath her [E] hood
I had her shining like a diamond and I'd put the ragtop down
All the [A] pretty girls would stop and stare as I drove [E] her through town
_ [F#m] The buttons on the radio [B] didn't seem to work quite right
[E] But it picked up that oldie's show especially [A] [B] late at night
[E] I'd get the feeling sometimes if I turned real quick I'd see
[F#m] A soldier riding shotgun [B] in the seat right [E] next to me
It [C#m] was a young man [E] named [A] Private Andrew [B] Malone
[C#m] Who fought for [B] his country [A] and never [B] made it home
_ [E] But for [G#m] every [C#m] dream that shattered [F#m] another [B] one comes true
[F#m] This car was once a dream of [B] his back when it was new
[C#m] He told me [B] to [F#m] take [A] her and make her [G#m] my own
And [F#m] I was proud to be [B] riding with [E] Private Malone
But _ _ _ _ [F#m] one night it was [A] raining [B] hard I took the curb too fast
[E] And I still don't remember [A] much about that [B] fiery crash
_ [E] Someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out
[A] They didn't get his [B] name but I [E] know without a doubt
It [C#m] was a young [E] man named [A] Private [B] Andrew Malone
[C#m] Who fought [B] for his country [A] and never [B] made it home
[G#m] But for every [E] dream that shattered [F#m] another [B] one comes true
[F#m] This car was once a dream of [B] his back when it was new
[C#m] And I know I [B] wouldn't be [A] here if he [G#m] hadn't tagged along
_ [F#m] Oh thank God I was _ [B] riding with [E] Private Malone _ _
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