Til He's Dead Or Rises chords by Drive-by Truckers

• Capo on 1st

Key: Bb

♫ Intro:

A   D A   D
A   D A   D




♫ Verse 1:
A
  When she met him they was teenagers
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  He was no more than seventeen
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  She was a little less than all that
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  But held the bit between her teeth


♫ Pre-Chorus:
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  He was tall and strong and lanky
E
  The fear of Jesus was on her side
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  He asked her, if she weren't too busy
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  Might come out for a ride


♫ Chorus:
E
  She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion


Riff:
A    D A   D


♫ Verse 2:
A
  They ran off the great embankment
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  They flew through the air so far
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  They landed with a mighty crash
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  Then got crushed by the falling star.


♫ Chorus:
E
  She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion
A
  She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion


♫ Solo:
D    A
D    A


♫ Bridge:
D
  That small crossroads became a city
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  She was the belle of every ball
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  Boys would line up to try to ring her
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  She'd let them line up down her hall
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  She ran up a life so lavish
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  Somehow those bills would all get paid


♫ Pre-Chorus:
E
 Your Daddy worked and never faltered
E
  Never forgot the things she said


♫ Chorus:
A
  She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion


♫ Solo:
A
E
A


♫ Verse 3:
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  Times change but I still see her
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disapproval pouring out
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She said I ain't got the gumption to make it
    A
And you ain't scary enough to turn me around


♫ Pre-Chorus:
E
  But I'm hoping you might be game to ride my dream aground
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  We'll ride it until it's dead or makes your mama proud


♫ Chorus:
E
  She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion
A
  She'll ride him until he's dead or rises to the occasion


♫ Outro:
A   D  A                D
         Rises to the occasion
A   D A   D
A   D A   D
E
A   D A