Let It Ride chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Chords with lyrics

Gordon Lightfoot - Let It Ride


CAPO: 4th Fret



[INTRO:] FF G+G D MajorD  FF G+G D MajorD  FF G+G Bb majorBb  FF G+G D MajorD

[VERSE 1:]
                 Asus4Asus4
These are just the simple facts I will relate to you
    G/AG/A               Asus4Asus4
Though they are not connected, each and every one is true
    D MajorD             Asus4Asus4
If they seem a bit untidy, well unravelling them is fun
 G/AG/A               Asus4Asus4
I will not stand corrected, I have not harmed anyone

[CHORUS:]
FF   G+G   D MajorD
I just let it ride
FF   G+G   D MajorD
Ride, let it ride
       FF    G+G
Leave on the evening tide
FF  G+G   D MajorD
Just let it ride


[VERSE 2:]
               FF         G+G
When I listen to my heart, I sometimes fail to find
  D MajorD        FF       G+G         Asus4Asus4
One sane and simple answer on the bright side of my mind
FF  G+G    D MajorD      FF     G+G  D MajorD
Even when I'm sleeping, I can't seem to unwind
FF   G+G   D MajorD   Asus4Asus4
I just let it ride


[VERSE 3:]
                   Asus4Asus4
I knew a man from Windsor who went to Detroit every night
  G/AG/A               Asus4Asus4
And Stateside of the tunnel, customs agents gave him flight
  D MajorD                  Asus4Asus4
He threw his stash in the river and his bedroll on the ground
  G/AG/A                   Asus4Asus4
And when they finally got there, a sleeping man was all that they found

[CHORUS:]
FF    G+G   D MajorD
He just let it ride
FF   G+G   D MajorD
Ride, let it ride
       FF    G+G
Leave on the evening tide
FF  G+G   D MajorD
Just let it ride


[VERSE 4:]
                 FF        G+G
Hear the steeple bells ring out above my lobster pots
D MajorD          FF         G+G          Asus4Asus4
I might be out here fishing, man, but that ain't where it stops
  FF    G+G    D MajorD       FF     G+G    D MajorD
The mouths I feed are many and they all say, "Thanks a lot"
FF     G+G   D MajorD   Asus4Asus4
They just let it ride


[VERSE 5:]
                   Asus4Asus4
One day when I'm old and grey and consider what's gone by
 G/AG/A              Asus4Asus4
I always will be proud of every tear I've ever cried
  D MajorD               Asus4Asus4
And all of the old jokes we told around the candle light
  G/AG/A               Asus4Asus4
To all those tender damsels who had helped us in the night


[CHORUS:]
FF     G+G   D MajorD
They just let it ride
FF   G+G   D MajorD
Ride, let it ride
       FF    G+G
Leave on the evening tide
FF  G+G   D MajorD   FF G+G D MajorD
Just let it ride
FF     G+G   D MajorD   FF G+G Bb majorBb FF G+G D MajorD
I'm gonna let it ride


[VERSE 6:]
                    Asus4Asus4
Here's to the girls from London and the ones from Montreal
  G/AG/A               Asus4Asus4
We never will forget them, we still fantasize them all
 D MajorD             Asus4Asus4
I knew one in St. Louis on a Missouri afternoon
 G/AG/A             Asus4Asus4
I met one up in Shanghai and another in Rangoon


[CHORUS:]
FF   G+G   D MajorD
I just let it ride
FF   G+G   D MajorD
Ride, let it ride
       FF    G+G
Leave on the evening tide
FF  G+G   D MajorD
Just let it ride


[CHORUS:]
FF   G+G   D MajorD
Ride, ride, ride
  FF   G+G   D MajorD
I'm gonna let it ride
       FF    G+G
Leave on the evening tide
FF  G+G   D MajorD
Just let it ride


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