Ready to Ride
CD: Clear
c1998 Ardent Music
Written by Matt Berry
Intro: (weird effect) G F Eb D
G F Eb
Sixth street sun is going down
D G
Pavement's cool underneath
F Eb
A vagrant so they say in town
D
Seems that mercy can't compete
Enter guitar
Here's the lead acoustic part being played:
e------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----0--0h1-------------------------------8--8--8----------------3------
G--0--0--0----2---2-2-2--------------------8--8--8--------------2-2-2----
D--0--0--0----0---3-3-3--3/5---------------8--8--8-----------0--0-0-0----
A--2--------------3-----------0h2h3/---/10-10-10-----------0-------------
E--3---------------------------------------------------0h2---------------
GFDb
G F Eb
Sleeping in a doorway
D G
Near the docks of Oyster Bay
F Eb
Thirteen years and carrying shame
D
Never hearing the voice
C D/A C D/A D/A
Of the One who took his blame
C D/A C
A whisper ---- he raised his head
Chorus:
(C) G D F C
Surrendered out do you believe?
G Am
Are you ready to ride the train?
C G D F C
Abandoned not by Love you'll see
G D
If you're ready to ride
Verse 2:
A one-piece paper suitcase,
a past whose future was foretold,
a life not made for dying,
instead the mystery began to unfold.
Unfolding - he raised his head
(chorus)
Bridge:
Dm Am C
Born into despair an orphan child,
G Dm
Will You care for me?
Am
And like the train that saved me
C G
Adopted by love eternally
D F C G
Opening His arms He wants you rich, you poor, you black, you white
D F C
Receive His love that runs so deep, and high, and long, and wide
(chorus)
Outro: Lead acoustic plays the verse progression riffs (as tabbed above)
GFED
Chords:
G 320033
C x32033
D xx0232
F 133211
Eb x65343
D/F# 200232
Dm xx0231
Am x02210