Ryan Adams “Let It Ride"(Acoustic)
This is how our boy plays it on the acoustic and this is probably 90% correct. I hope
solo performer finds this useful. This sounds really good solo, I mean, Ryan did it! I
the lead at the bottom.
CAPO 5th Fret!!!
Am7 Am Fmaj C/E G
e|--3----0----0-----x----x--|Am7 Am7 Am7 Fmaj C/E
[Verse]
Am
Moving like the fog on the Cumberland River
Fmaj C/E
I was leaving on the Delta Queen
Fmaj C/E G
And I wasn't ready to go
Fmaj C/E G
I'm never ready to go
Am
27 years of nothing but failures
Fmaj C/E
and promises that I couldn't keep, Oh Lord
Fmaj C/E G
and I wasn't ready to go
Fmaj C/E G
I'm never ready to go
[Chorus]
Am
Let it ride
Fmaj C/E G
Let it ride easy down the road
Am
Let it ride
Fmaj C/E G
Let it take away all of the darkness
Am
Let it ride
Fmaj C/E G C/E
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
Fmaj
Until it brings me home
Fmaj Am
Let it ride. Let it roll, Let it go
Am7 Am7 Am7 Fmaj C/E (x2)
[Verse]
Am
Loaded like a sailor tumbling off a ferryboat
Fmaj C/E
I was at the bar till three, Oh Lord
Fmaj C/E G
and I wasn't ready to go
Fmaj C/E G
I'm never ready to go
Am
Tennessee's a brother to my sister Carolina
Fmaj C/E
Where they were gonna bury me
Fmaj C/E G
and I ain't ready to go
Fmaj C/E G
I'm never ready to go
[Chorus]
Am
Let it ride
Fmaj C/E G
Let it ride easy down the road
Am
Let it ride
Fmaj C/E G
Let it take away all of the darkness
Am
Let it ride
Fmaj C/E G C/E
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
Fmaj
Until it brings me home
Fmaj Am
Let it ride. Let it roll, Let it go
Am7 Am7 Am7 Fmaj C/E(x2)
[Bridge]
Fmaj
I wanna see you tonight
Fmaj
Dancing in the endless moonlight
C/E G
In a parking lot in the headlights of cars
Fmaj
Some place on the moon
Fmaj
Where they moved the drive-in theatre
C/E
Where I left the car that I can't find
G
but I still got the keys to
[Chorus]
Am
Let it ride
Fmaj C/E G
Let it ride easy down the road
Am
Let it ride
Fmaj C/E G
Let it take away all of the darkness
Am
Let it ride
Fmaj C/E G C/E
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
Fmaj
Until it brings me home
Fmaj Am
Let it ride. Let it roll, Let it go
Am7 Am7 Am7 Fmaj C/E (x2)
(Here’s the lead relative to capo on 5)
E|---------------------|-----------|---------------------|----------|
B|---------------------|-----------|---------------------|----------|
G|---------------------|-----------|---------------------|----------|
D|---------------------|--2---0----|---------------------|----------|
A|--0------0--------0--|-----------|--0------0--------3--|--2-------|
E|------------0--3-----|-----------|------------0--3-----|-------3--|
e|---------------------|-----------|--------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------|-----------|--------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------|-----------|--------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------|--2---0----|------------0----2--|--0---------------|
A|--0------0--------0--|-----------|--3------3----------|------3---2---0---|
E|------------0--3-----|-----------|--------------------|------------------|
