Ride Against The Wind chords by Bret Michaels

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Album: Custom Shop
Tabbed By: D.V.Kidd

Tunning: 1/2 Step Down

INTRO
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G, D, Em, C
G, D, Em, C


LYRICS 1
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G                Em
Snowy night, I'm headin' home.

   C                      D
An airport bar, there you sat all alone. I said:

G       Em
"Hello, how ya been?

C             D
God girl it's sure good to see you again"

G              Em
 Remember (ah) Panama City,

         C                        D
you were fall down drunk, but you still looked pretty. We made

G                     Em
love all night on the beach that September,

        C                             D
told my friends it was great, but you still can't remember, well...


CHORUS 1
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G               D
 That was then,  this is now,

Em                       C
lookin' back, I wouldn't change it anyhow.

G             D
 This is now,  that was then,

Em                         C
Life rolls on, we're still riding against the wind.


G, D, Em, C



LYRICS 2
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As for me,

G              Em
My life's been up and down. Playin'

C                      D
night to night, moving town to town. You say you

G                     Em
had a daughter, I got two of my own, Their the

C                     D
love of my life, they sure helped me grow up.


     G                                 Em
I've seen a few things, played for the troops in Iraq.

     C                             D
I've made a few friends there that didn't make it back. Yeah I've

G                         Em
danced with the devil and cried with the saints,

     C                      D
I've put it in words, so it isn't all in vain.


CHORUS 2
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G               D
 That was then,  this is now,

Em                       C
lookin' back, I wouldn't change it anyhow.

G             D
 This is now,  that was then,

Em                         C
Life rolls on, we're still riding against the wind.


SOLO
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G, D, Em, C
G, D, Em, C


LYRICS 3
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G                      Em
Some days I'm smiling, some days I'm sad.

C                 D
Some days I still wake up fightin' mad.

G                           Em
Yeah, there's a part of my, that wants to go back.

C                    D
Then I remember, I'm good right where I'm at.

     G                           Em
It's gettin' late baby, so let's raise a glass.

C                     D
One to the future and one to the past. To those

G            Em
photographs, pictures of,

    C                   D
the friends we lost and here's to the ones we love.


CHORUS 3
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G               D
 That was then,  this is now,

Em                       C
lookin' back, I wouldn't change it anyhow.

G             D
 This is now,  that was then,

Em                         C
Life rolls on, we're still riding against the wind.



G             D
It's alright, it's OK,

Em                    C
yesterday's gone, I'm living for today.

G        D
It's OK, It's alright.

G              D
Somehow we all made it through the night.

G                       D
Life rolls on baby, and it's rollin'


Em          C
we're still riding against the wind.

G             D
It's alright, it's OK.

              Em        C