All This Way For The Short Ride chords by Tom Russell

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tom Russell - All This Way For The Short Ride


CAPO: 4th Fret


Intro:
C majorC  FF C majorC

Verse 1:
              FF         C majorC
When the chute gate swings open, here we go again
       FF            C majorC
The desperate dance, the kick and the spin
          A minorAm               E minorEm
Dust rising from a crossbred bull, fire meets with pride
         FF              C majorC
The man's come a long way, just for the short ride

Verse 2:
         FF                 C majorC
His wife's in the grandstand, trying to swallow the fear
        FF               C majorC
A augmentedA little baby inside her, who's time's drawing near
         A minorAm               E minorEm
The bulls flying high now, then he falls to his side
         FF              C majorC
Their love came a long way, just for the short ride


Chorus:
          A minorAm            E minorEm
Two hearts in the darkness, sing a blue lullaby
       Bb majorBb   FF          C majorC   Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Beat the drum slowly, for a cowboy's last ride


Verse 3:
             FF             C majorC
And when the dust had all settled and the crowd disappeared
         FF             C majorC
The sirens still echo in an unborn child's ear
          A minorAm               E minorEm
Little boys due in April, he'll have daddy's blue eyes
        FF             C majorC
He'll always remember, his father's last ride


Chorus:
           A minorAm         D MajorD
They preached at the service, from John 25
         Bb majorBb    FF          C majorC
How Christ came a long way, just for the short ride
       Bb majorBb   FF          C majorC   Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Beat the drum slowly, for a cowboy's last ride


Outro:
              FF         C majorC
Well, the chute gate swings open, here we go again