The Ride chords by Amanda Palmer

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G minorGm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
G minorGm


Verse 1:
G minorGm            D MajorD
Everyone's too scared to open their eyes up
  Bb majorBb            D MajorD
But everyone's too scared to close them
 G minorGm            Bb majorBb
Everyone's frightened they don't know what's coming
   Gm/E           D MajorD     D7D7
But everyone's frightened of knowing
 AbAb          G minorGm
 AbAb     G minorGm AbAb     G minorGm
Everyone's reading the rules of engagement
   D7D7          Eb7Eb7
And everyone's starting to doubt them
  G minorGm         Bb majorBb
Everyone's reaching to put on a seatbelt
  Eb MajorEb             C7C7
But this kind of ride comes without them

Pre-Chorus:
 AbAb                      Eb MajorEb
I want you to think of me sitting and singing beside you
 AbAb                       Eb MajorEb
I wish we could meet all the people behind us in line
  AbAb                           Eb MajorEb
The climb to the crest is less frightening with someone to clutch you
  G minorGm            Bb majorBb           Eb MajorEb
But isn't it nice when we're all afraid at the same time?


Chorus:
        Bb majorBb
And it's just a ride
      F minorFm
It's just a ride
G minorGm         Gm/F#     Gm/F    Gm/E   Eb MajorEb
And you've got the choice to get off anytime that you like
      Bb majorBb
It's just a ride
      F minorFm
It's just a ride
   G minorGm      Gm/F#
The alternative is nothingness
  Gm/F     Gm/E   Eb MajorEb
We might as well give it a try

Instrumental:
G minorGm


Verse 2:
G minorGm          D MajorD             Bb majorBb             D MajorD
Everyone's terrified that they'll be justified by the collapse that will happen
 G minorGm           Bb majorBb
Everyone's placing their bets just in case
      Gm/E          D MajorD     D7D7
The whole thing's a profound disappointment
   AbAb        G minorGm            D7D7            Eb MajorEb
Everyone's trying to stay on the side where the water's just boiling more slowly
 G minorGm            Bb majorBb
Frogs in a pot, well that's one thing I've got
     Eb MajorEb            C majorC
At least some of the frogs in here know me


Pre-Chorus:
  AbAb                      Eb MajorEb
I want you to think of me sitting and singing beside you
   AbAb                        Eb MajorEb
The chain pulls us up and we know that we're all gonna dive
  AbAb                           Eb MajorEb
The blur and the noise of the screaming can blind and distract you
   G minorGm          Bb majorBb            Eb MajorEb
But isn't it nice when we all can scream at the same time?


Chorus:
         Bb majorBb
And it's just a ride
       F minorFm
It's just a ride
  G minorGm        Gm/F#   Gm/F   Gm/E     Eb MajorEb
And you've got the choice to get off anytime that you like
       Bb majorBb
It's just a ride
       F minorFm
It's just a ride
   G minorGm      Gm/F#
The alternative is nothingness
  Gm/F     Gm/E    Eb MajorEb
We might as well give it a try


Post-Chorus:
     Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
And as we all go down
      Eb MajorEb    G minorGm
And as we all go round
     Eb MajorEb      G minorGm   FF
And as we pitch from side to side
C minorCm      Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb
Everything is gonna be alright


Instrumental:
G minorGm Gm Gm/F# Gm/F Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb Db7Db7 Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb


Verse 3:
 G minorGm           D MajorD             Bb majorBb           D MajorD
Everyone's getting real scared to come out because coming out's going down badly
 G minorGm            Bb majorBb
Feel the city breaking and everybody's shaking
  Gm/E           D MajorD   D7D7
And I just want someone to hold me
 AbAb            G minorGm
Some are too scared to let go of their children
   D MajorD            Eb7Eb7
And some are too scared now to have them
 G minorGm        Bb majorBb           Gm/E            C7C7
Suicide, homicide, genocide, man, that's a fuck-ton of sides you can choose from


Pre-Chorus:
 AbAb                      Eb MajorEb
I want you to think of me sitting and singing beside you
  AbAb                      Eb MajorEb
I wish we could meet all the people who got left behind
   AbAb                      Eb MajorEb
The ride is so loud it can make you think nobody's listening
   G minorGm          Bb majorBb           Eb MajorEb
But isn't it nice when we all can cry at the same time?


Chorus:
         Bb majorBb
And it's just a ride
       F minorFm
It's just a ride
  G minorGm        Gm/F#   Gm/F   Gm/E     Eb MajorEb
And you've got the choice to get off anytime that you like
       Bb majorBb
It's just a ride
       F minorFm
It's just a ride
   G minorGm      Gm/F#
The alternative is nothingness
  Gm/F     Gm/E    Eb MajorEb
We might as well give it a try


Post-Chorus:
     Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
And as we all go down
     Eb MajorEb   G minorGm
And as we all go round
      Eb MajorEb     G minorGm   FF  F7F7
And as we switch from side to side
 C minorCm      Bb majorBb      Eb MajorEb
Everything is gonna be just fine
 C minorCm      Bb majorBb      Eb MajorEb
Everyone you love is gonna die
 C minorCm       Bb majorBb        Eb MajorEb
Hopefully, this song will come remind you


Outro:
          Bb majorBb
That's it's just a ride
      F minorFm
It's just a ride
      G minorGm    Gm/F#
From the sister you miss
    Gm/F   Gm/E     Eb MajorEb
To the father you don't want to write
       Bb majorBb
It's just a ride
       F minorFm
It's just a ride
     G minorGm    Gm/F#    Gm/F      Gm/E     Eb MajorEb
From the lover you loved to the one that you're frightened to find
       Bb majorBb
It's just a ride
      F minorFm
It's just a ride
     G minorGm    Gm/F#    Gm/F      Gm/E   Eb MajorEb
From the baby you lost to the one that you're growing inside
     C minorCm
Come out darling
        Eb MajorEb EbmEbm
And don't you cry
N.C.
It's just a ride

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