Riding With Private Malone Chords by David Ball

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_ I was just out of the service thumbing through the classifiers
[A] When the night that said old Chevy somehow caught my [E] eye
The lady didn't know the year or even if it ran
But I had [G] that [E] thousand 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] And when I pulled the cover off [A] it took away my breath
What she called a Chevy [B] was a 66 [E] Corvette _
And [F#m] I 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 [E] he wrote
He said [C#m] my name [E] is Private [A] Andrew [B] Malone
[E] And 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 [A] take her and make her [G#m] your home
_ [F#m] You'll always be [B] riding with [E] Private Malone
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_ Well it didn't take me long at all I had her running good
[A] I loved to hear those horses thunder [E] underneath her hood
I had her shining [A] like a [E] diamond and I'd put the ragtop down
All the [A] pretty girls would stop and stare [B] as I drove her [E] through town
The [F#m] buttons on the radio [B] didn't seem to work quite right
[E] But it picked up that oldie [A] show especially [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 was a young man named [A] Private [B] Andrew Malone
[C#m] Who fought [B] for 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 [B] me to take [A] her and make her [G#m] my own
[F#m] And I was proud to be _
[B] riding with Private [E]
Malone _ _ _ _
[F#m] Well one night it was raining hard I took the [B] curb too fast
[E] And I still don't remember [A] much about that [B] fiery _ crash
But [E] someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out
[A] They didn't get his name [B] but I know [E] without a doubt
It [C#m] was a young [E] man named [A] Private [B] Andrew Malone
[C#m] Who fought [B] for his [A] country and never [B] made it home _
[G#m] But for 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] God know I [B] wouldn't [F#] be [A] here if he [G#m] hadn't tagged along
_ [F#m] Yeah that night I was [B] riding with [E] Private Malone
_ Oh _ _ _ [A] thank God I was [B] riding [E] with Private Malone
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