WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Warren Zevon - My Ride's Here Tabs | Ver. 1
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My Ride's Here-Warren Zevon
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Tuning:EADGBE
One of the best songs ever written about death/afterlife. From WZ's album of the same
Intro:
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I was staying at the Marriott,
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with Jesus and John Wayne
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I was waiting for a chariot,
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they were waiting for a train
The sky was full of carrion,
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"I'll take the mazuma"
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Said Jesus to Marion,
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"that's the 3:10 to Yuma
Chorus:
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My ride's here
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My ride's here
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My ride's here
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My ride's here
"My ride's here" #1/#3
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"My ride's here" #2/#4
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The Houston sky was changeless,
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we galloped through bluebonnets
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I was wrestling with an angel,
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you were working on a sonnet
You said, "I believe the seraphim,
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will gather up my pinto
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And carry us away, Jim,
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across the San Jacinto
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My ride's here
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My ride's here
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My ride's here
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My ride's here
Bridge:
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Shelley and Keats were out in the street,
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and even Lord Byron was leaving for Greece
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While back at the Hilton, last but not least,
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Milton was holding his sides
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Saying, "You bravos had better be,
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ready to fight
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Or we'll never get out of East Texas, tonight
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The trail is long and the river is wide,
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and my ride s here
Solo:
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I was staying at the Westin,
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I was playing to a draw
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When in walked Charlton Heston,
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with the Tablets of the Law
He said, "It's still the Greatest Story",
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I said, "Man, I'd like to stay
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But I'm bound for glory,
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I'm on my way
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My ride's here
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My ride's here
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My ride's here
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My ride's here
Questions, comments, insults...BlindTerry333