Riding With Private Malone

Transcribed by Steve Cox Riding With Private Malone By: David Ball NOTE: Most of the chords are finger picking variations listen to the song and use the chord form to guide you. STANDARD TUNING: EADGBe Intro: E --------------------------------0-------------------------- B -------------------------------0--------------------------- G --1h2----2-2--------------1---------------------------- D --2-------2-2-(x3)-------2----------------------------- A --2-------2-2------------2------------------------------ E --------------------------0-------------------------------- VERSE 1 E I was just out of the service thumbin' through the classifieds A When an ad that said old chevy somehow caught my eye E The lady didn't know the year or even if it ran A B E But I had that thousand dollars in my hand E It was way back in the in corner of this old ramshackle barn A With thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp B A When I pulled the cover off it took away my breath A E What she called a chevy was a sixty-six corvette C#m B I felt a little guilty as I counted out the bills E A B What a thrill I got when I sat behind the wheel E I opened up the glove box and that's when I found the note AB E The date was nineteen sixty-six and this is what he wrote CHORUS C#m B A B My name is private Andrew Malone C#m B A B If your reading this then I didn't make it home BA#m B But for every dream that's shatered another one comes true AAB B This car was once a dream of mine now it belongs to you EBA B And though you may take her and make her your own A A B B (repeat intro) You'll always be riding with private malone VERSE 2 E It didn't take me long at all I had her runnin' good A I loved to hear those horses thunder underneath her hood E I had her shinin' like a diamond and I'd put the rag top down AB E All the pretty girls would stop and stare as I drove her thruogh town C#m B The buttons on the radio didn't seem to work quite right EA B But it picked up that oldies show especially late at night E I'd get the feelin' sometimes if I turned real quick I'd see AB E A soldier riding shotgun in the seat right next to me CHORUS C#m B B It was a young man named private Andrew Malone C#m B A B Who fought for his country and never made it home BA#m B But for every dream that's shatered there's another that comes true AAB B This car was once a dream of his back when it was new E B B And he told me to take her and make her my own A A B B (repeat intro) And I was proud to be riding with private malone VERSE 3 A A B B One night it was raining hard I took a curb to fast E A B I still don't remember much about that firey crash E Someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out A B E They didn't get his name but I know without a doubt CHORUS C#m B B It was a young man named private Andrew Malone C#m B A B Who fought for his country and never made it home BA#m B But for every dream that shaters there's another that comes true AAB B This car was once a dream of his back when it was new EBA B And I know I wouldn't be here if he hadn't tagged along A A B B (repeat intro) Yeah that night I was riding with private malone A A B B (repeat intro) Oh thank god I was riding with private malone E Private malone....