Chords for The Ride ( The Ghost of Hank Williams Sr.)

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_ _ _ _ I was coming from Montgomery.
[Eb] I had my guitar on my back _ [F]
when a stranger stopped beside me [C] in an antique Cadillac. _
He was dressed like 1950, [Eb] half drunk and hollow-eyed.
[F] Said, it's a long walk to Nashville, would you [C] like a ride? _ _ _ _
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[C] _ I sat down in the front seat, [Eb]
turned on the radio,
_ [F] and them sad old songs coming out of that speaker were [C] solid country gold.
_ Then I noticed the stranger was ghost-white [Eb] pale when he asked me for a light.
Then [F] I knew there was something strange about [C] this guy.
_ _ [Bb] He said, mister, can you make [F] me most private a [C] place to stay?
_ _ _ Have you paid your dues?
Can you mourn the [G] blues?
Can you bend down to the dark street?
He [Bb] said, boy, can you [F] make folks feel what you [C] feel inside?
_ _ [Bb] Well, if you're big star found [F] in _ [C] Longhorn Valley,
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_ Then he cried to South of Nashville, _ [Eb]
turned that car around,
[F] He said, this is where you get off, boy.
[C] I'm going back to Alabama.
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As I stepped out of that Cadillac, [Eb] I said, mister, many thanks.
He [F] said, you don't have to call me mister, mister.
[C] The whole world cried.
[Bb] He said, can you make [F] most private a [C] place to stay?
_ _ Have you paid your dues?
Can you mourn the blues?
Can you [G] bend down to the dark street?
He [Bb] said, boy, can you make folks [F] feel what you [C] feel inside?
_ _ _ [Bb] Well, if you're big star [F] found in _ [C] Longhorn Valley,
He _ _ [Bb] said, mister, can you make [F] most private a place [C] to stay? _ _
_ Have you paid your dues?
Can you mourn the [G] blues?
Can you bend down to the dark street?
[Bb] He said, boy, can you make [F] most private a place [C] to stay?
_ _ [Bb] Well, if you're big star found [F] in [C] Longhorn Valley, _ _
_ [Bb] If you're big star [F] found in _ [C] Longhorn Valley,
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All is the same old tune, [E] fiddle and guitar.
_ [B] Where do we [E] take it from here?
_ _ [B] _ Rhinestone suits [E] and new shiny cars.
We've been the same [B] way for years.
[E] _ _ _ We [E] need to change.
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[E] _ _ _ [B] Somebody told me [E] when I came to [B] Nashville,
A song you finally got in made.
Old Hank made it here.
We're all sure that you can feel, but I don't think Hank done it this way.
_ No, I don't think Hank done it this [E] way.
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_ _ _ Ruthless. _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ Ten years on the road [E] making one night stands.
[B] Speeding my young [E] life away.
_ [B] Tell me one more time [E] so I'll understand.
[B] Are you sure Hank done it [E] this way?
_ Did [B] old Hank really do it this [E] way?
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] Lord, I've seen the world with a [E] five-piece band.
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Looking at the backside of me.
Singing my songs [E] one of his now and then.
[B] But I don't think Hank done it this [E] way.
_ [B] No, I don't think Hank done it [E] this way. _ _
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