The Ride chords by Amanda Palmer

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Gm

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Gm


Verse 1:
Gm                       D
Everyone's too scared to open their eyes up
    Bb                        D
But everyone's too scared to close them
 Gm                        Bb
Everyone's frightened they don't know what's coming
      Gm/E                     D          D7
But everyone's frightened of knowing
 Ab                    Gm
 Ab          Gm Ab          Gm
Everyone's reading the rules of engagement
     D7                    Eb7
And everyone's starting to doubt them
    Gm                 Bb
Everyone's reaching to put on a seatbelt
    Eb                          C7
But this kind of ride comes without them

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


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


Instrumental:
Gm


Verse 2:
Gm                   D                         Bb                         D
Everyone's terrified that they'll be justified by the collapse that will happen
 Gm                      Bb
Everyone's placing their bets just in case
            Gm/E                    D         D7
The whole thing's a profound disappointment
     Ab               Gm                        D7                        Eb
Everyone's trying to stay on the side where the water's just boiling more slowly
 Gm                        Bb
Frogs in a pot, well that's one thing I've got
          Eb                        C
At least some of the frogs in here know me


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


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


Post-Chorus:
          Eb      Bb
And as we all go down
           Eb       Gm
And as we all go round
          Eb           Gm     F
And as we pitch from side to side
Cm            Bb         Eb
Everything is gonna be alright


Instrumental:
Gm Gm Gm/F# Gm/F Eb Ab Db Db7 Bb Eb


Verse 3:
  Gm                      D                         Bb                      D
Everyone's getting real scared to come out because coming out's going down badly
  Gm                       Bb
Feel the city breaking and everybody's shaking
   Gm/E                     D      D7
And I just want someone to hold me
 Ab                        Gm
Some are too scared to let go of their children
      D                        Eb7
And some are too scared now to have them
  Gm                Bb                     Gm/E                        C7
Suicide, homicide, genocide, man, that's a fuck-ton of sides you can choose from


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


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


Post-Chorus:
          Eb      Bb
And as we all go down
          Eb      Gm
And as we all go round
            Eb         Gm      F   F7
And as we switch from side to side
 Cm            Bb           Eb
Everything is gonna be just fine
 Cm           Bb           Eb
Everyone you love is gonna die
 Cm             Bb               Eb
Hopefully, this song will come remind you


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