Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C majorC
Verse 1:
C majorC Am7Am7
Five years old, skippin’ rocks across that Cypress Creek
FF C majorC
Mama said, “Don’t you forget, you got church shoes on your feet”
C majorC Am7Am7
Daddy smoked them Salems up and wore them sideburns down
FF C majorC
My world was only as big as that little blink-and-you-miss-it town
Chorus:
FF G+G C majorC A minorAm
But we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
FF G+G C majorC
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
FF G+G C majorC A minorAm
Driftin’ on to where we’re goin’, hangin’ on to what’s left behind
FF G+G C majorC
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
Verse 2:
C majorC Am7Am7
Muscle car and a leather jacket, crusin’ the main street drag
FF C majorC
Cool as a can of Copenhagen and a six pack in a bag
C majorC Am7Am7
We were all about them college girls when they came home on break
FF C majorC
Thought those days would last forever and growin’ up would wait
Chorus:
FF G+G C majorC A minorAm
But we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
FF G+G C majorC
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
FF G+G C majorC A minorAm
Driftin’ on to where we’re goin’, hangin’ on to what’s left behind
FF G+G C majorC
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
Solo:
FF G+G C majorC A minorAm FF G+G C majorC
Verse 3:
C majorC Am7Am7
Now daddy’s in his easy chair, mama’s hairs turned grey
FF C majorC
She laughs and says it’s all because of my young and wilder days
C majorC Am7Am7
I found a girl that makes me smile, I’ll never let her go
FF C majorC
Growin’ old don’t scare me none, I believe in streets of gold
Chorus:
FF G+G C majorC A minorAm
Just gonna ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
FF G+G C majorC
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
FF G+G C majorC A minorAm
Driftin’ on to where we’re goin’, hangin’ on to what’s left behind
FF G+G C majorC
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
FF G+G C majorC A minorAm
Yeah we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
FF G+G C majorC
Oh we ride, ride, ride that river of time
Outro:
C majorC