Tonight We Ride chords by Michael Martin Murphey

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Flyinglibra51
• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

Tonight We Ride
Michael Martin Murphey


Intro G+G Cmaj9/GCmaj9/G C majorC  G+G Cmaj9/GCmaj9/G C majorC

   G+G    Gmaj7Gmaj7  C majorC
Come gather `round my friends
 G+G     Gmaj7Gmaj7  C majorC
Tonight our waiting ends
  E minorEm     D MajorD   C majorC
The clouds race by the moon
  E minorEm    D MajorD      C majorC
And midnight  is coming soon

  G+G
And we can no longer

Be held down
    E minorEm
By the wheels that deal

In this tinhorn town


  G+G
No longer slaves who will

Bare their load
E minorEm
We`ll take what`s ours
             C majorC   D MajorD
And we`ll hit the road tonight


      G+G  Gmaj7Gmaj7 C6C6 G+G
Tonight we ride............
          C majorC    G+G
Tonight we ride............

    Gmaj7Gmaj7   C majorC
To overcome their lies
  G+G  Gmaj7Gmaj7     C majorC
Our loyalty must never die
  E minorEm     D MajorD     C majorC
Our hearts must hold this true
  E minor 7Em7    D MajorD    C majorC
To do what we have to do

  G+G
And nothing holds us

Here but ourselves
  E minorEm
We make our heaven

And make our hell
G+G
We can live in a better place
   E minorEm
We`ll run tonight and we`ll
         C majorC   D MajorD
Leave no trace tonight


      G+G  Gmaj7Gmaj7 C majorC G+G
Tonight we ride............
             D#D# C6C6 G+G
Tonight we ride............


D#D# C minorCm G+G E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 C6C6 B minorBm E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA


          D MajorD
And now we all must choose
  A augmentedA       Amaj7Amaj7      D MajorD
To run this race one more time or loose
  F#m7F#m7    E MajorE    D MajorD
To storm this wall of tears
    F# minorF#m   E MajorE     D MajorD
That`s held our hearts for years


  A augmentedA           Amaj7Amaj7
To feel the wind and the chill of night
  F# minorF#m
To brave the thrill of the dawning light
A augmentedA
Chase the sun down in to the sea
   F# minorF#m                D MajorD   E MajorE
We`ll sleep no more until we are free tonight


      A augmentedA  Amaj7Amaj7 D MajorD A augmentedA
Tonight we ride..........
        Amaj7Amaj7 D MajorD A augmentedA
Tonight we ride..........
        Amaj7Amaj7 D MajorD A augmentedA
Tonight we ride..........

Tonight we ride..........

Tonight We Ride chords

Tonight We Ride is the title track an the twelfth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey and his first for Warner Bros. Records. Released in 1986, the album was produced by Jim Ed Norman and contains guest performances by Pam Tillis, Reggie Young, Mark OConnor, Charlie McCoy, and J.D. Souther. The albums title track was also its first single. The album peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.