Let It Ride chords by Gordon Lightfoot

Gordon Lightfoot - Let It Ride


CAPO: 4th Fret




[INTRO:] F G D  F G D  F G Bb  F G D

[VERSE 1:]
                 Asus4
These are just the simple facts I will relate to you
    G/A               Asus4
Though they are not connected, each and every one is true
    D             Asus4
If they seem a bit untidy, well unravelling them is fun
 G/A               Asus4
I will not stand corrected, I have not harmed anyone

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


[VERSE 2:]
               F         G
When I listen to my heart, I sometimes fail to find
  D        F       G         Asus4
One sane and simple answer on the bright side of my mind
F  G    D      F     G  D
Even when I'm sleeping, I can't seem to unwind
F   G   D   Asus4
I just let it ride


[VERSE 3:]
                   Asus4
I knew a man from Windsor who went to Detroit every night
  G/A               Asus4
And Stateside of the tunnel, customs agents gave him flight
  D                  Asus4
He threw his stash in the river and his bedroll on the ground
  G/A                   Asus4
And when they finally got there, a sleeping man was all that they found


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


[VERSE 4:]
                 F        G
Hear the steeple bells ring out above my lobster pots
D          F         G          Asus4
I might be out here fishing, man, but that ain't where it stops
  F    G    D       F     G    D
The mouths I feed are many and they all say, "Thanks a lot"
F     G   D   Asus4
They just let it ride


[VERSE 5:]
                   Asus4
One day when I'm old and grey and consider what's gone by
 G/A              Asus4
I always will be proud of every tear I've ever cried
  D               Asus4
And all of the old jokes we told around the candle light
  G/A               Asus4
To all those tender damsels who had helped us in the night


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


[VERSE 6:]
                    Asus4
Here's to the girls from London and the ones from Montreal
  G/A               Asus4
We never will forget them, we still fantasize them all
 D             Asus4
I knew one in St. Louis on a Missouri afternoon
 G/A             Asus4
I met one up in Shanghai and another in Rangoon


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


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


[OUTRO:]  (## fade to end ##)