Let It Ride Acoustic Chords

Let it Ride (Acoustic) - Ryan Adams
Tabbed by: Rob Swift
Contact at: http://youtube.com/swiftlessons
Tuning: Standard with capo on 5th fret
 
Intro tab: (divided intro 4 sections for ease of learning)
    Am7                                 G
e||--------|------3-2p0--|------0-----|--------------|
B||----1p0—|---3/5-------|--0h1---1---|-0------------|
G||-------0|-------------|---------0--|----0---------|
D||---2----|-------------|-----2------|---0----------|
A||-0------|--0----------|-0----------|------2h3-2---|
E||--------|-------------|------------|-3---------3--|
 
Note: Much of the picking seems to be improvised, as Ryan "pulls strings" throughout the changes.
There are many embellishments and variations present throughout each performance.
 
[Verse 1]
Am
Moving like the fog on the Cumberland River
         G                 C
I was leaving on the Delta Queen
      Fmaj7      C/E      G
And I wasn't ready to go
Fmaj7         C/E      G
I'm never ready to go
Am
27 years of nothing but failures
       G                     C
and promises that I couldn't keep, Oh Lord
      Fmaj7  C/E      G
And I wasn't ready to go
Fmaj7     C        G
I'm never ready to go
 
[Chorus]
        Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7 C/E      G
Let it ride easy  down the road
        Am
Let it ride
             Fmaj7   C/E    Fmaj7
Let it take away all of the darkness
        Am
Let it ride
               Fmaj7  C/E     G         C/E
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
Fmaj7
Until it brings me home
                                 Am - Intro Riff
Let it ride. Let it roll, Let it go
 
[Verse 2]
Am
Loaded like a sailor tumbling off a ferryboat
G                     C
I was at the bar till three, Oh Lord
Fmaj7    C/E      G
I wasn't ready to go
Fmaj7     C        G
I'm never ready to go    
 
Am
Tennessee's a brother to my sister Carolina
       G                 C
Where they were gonna bury me
      Fmaj7      C        G
And I wasn't ready to go
Fmaj7         C        G
I'm never ready to go
 
[Chorus]
        Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7 C/E      G
Let it ride easy  down the road
        Am
Let it ride
             Fmaj7   C/E    Fmaj7
Let it take away all of the darkness
        Am
Let it ride
               Fmaj7  C/E     G         C/E
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
Fmaj7
Until it brings me home
                                 Am - Intro Riff
Let it ride. Let it roll, Let it go
 
[Bridge]
Fmaj7
I wanna see you tonight
Fmaj7
Dancing in the endless moonlight
      C/E               G
In a parking lot in the headlights of cars
Fmaj7
Some place on the moon
Fmaj7
Where they moved the drive-in theatre
        C/E
Where I left the car that I can't find
    G
but I still got the keys to
 
[Chorus]
        Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7 C/E      G
Let it ride easy  down the road
        Am
Let it ride
             Fmaj7   C/E    Fmaj7
Let it take away all of the darkness
        Am
Let it ride
               Fmaj7  C/E     G         C/E
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
Fmaj7
Until it brings me home
                                 Am - Intro Riff
Let it ride. Let it roll, Let it go
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