Chords for Passenger | Riding to New York

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_ _ [Dm] _ I met him in _ [F] Minnesota, _ _ _ it [C] was dark and _ _ [Bb] overcast. _ _
_ [Dm] _ Long gray hair and [F] _
eyes that stared [C] through me like I was glass. _ _ _ _
[Bb] I asked, where [Dm] are you going to?
_ [C] He said, I'm the wind, I'm just [Bb] blowing through.
He _ _ [Dm] _
lit up a cigarette [F] and a can of Thor.
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_ _ He said, [Dm] the doctors told me that [F] my body won't hold me, [C] my lungs have turned [Bb] black. _ _ _
[Dm] Been lucky strikes [F] fool since I was at school, and [C] there ain't no turning back.
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He can't tell me [Dm] how long I've got, _ _ [C] _ maybe months but maybe [Bb] none.
_ _ [Dm] So I'm taking this bike and [F] _ riding to New [C] York.
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_ _ _ I [Gm] wanna see my [Dm] granddaughter _ one last [F]
time.
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_ [G] Hold her close and [Dm] feel her tiny _ [F] heartbeat next to [C] mine.
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See my son and the [Dm] man he's become.
_ [F] _ Tell him I'm sorry for [C] the things I've done.
_ [Bb] I'd do it if I had to.
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_ [Bb] So I'm taking this bike _ [Dm]
and riding to New York. _
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_ _ _ _ To [Dm] the forests of [F] Wisconsin _ _ _ that [C] I knew as a [F] boy. _
_ _ [Dm] Past the _ skyline of [F] Chicago _ _ and the lakes [C] of Illinois.
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_ [Bb] _ I lay my head in [Am] a motel bed [C] and my back aches so and my eyes turn red.
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Listen to [F] the trucks roll past my [Cm] door.
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_ _ _ [Dm] Through the fields of Ohio _ [F] _ as [C] the sunshine paints [Dm] them gold. _ _
_ _ I run just like [F] a river _ runs, _ [C] rapid, quick and _ cold.
_ _ [Bb] I fly through _ _ [Dm] Pennsylvania _ and [C] the Jersey _ [Bb] Turnpike tolls.
_ _ _ [Dm] I won't stop till [F] _ I get to New York.
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Cause [Gm] I wanna see my [Dm] grandson _ one last [C] [F] time. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I wanna [Gm] see his eyes _ [Dm] sparkling and _ _
[F] stare back into [C] mine. _
_ _ Now [Gm] my time is short, I wanna [Dm] see my daughter.
_ [F] Tell her all the things that [C] I should have taught her.
And [Bb] I'd do it if I had [Dm] to.
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ Oh, I'm [Bb] taking this bike [C] and riding to New [Dm] York.
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_ _ _ [Am] And I go [Gm] up to the [Dm] church on a [C]
lost time.
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_ _ Lay [D] flowers down for the [Dm] woman who gave me _ _ the best years [N] of my life. _ _
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[Bb] And I'd do it if I had to.
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Yeah, I'd do it if I had [Dm] to.
Oh,
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_ [Bb] I'm taking this bike and [C] _ riding to New [Ab] York.
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