Let It Ride Acoustic Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	5th fret

Author phlikone [a] 851.

2 contributors total, last edit on Aug 11, 2024

Chords

Am7

Fmaj7

C/G

C/E

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Ryan Adams “Let It Ride" (Acoustic)
 
This is how our boy plays it on the acoustic. I tabbed the lead at the bottom.
 
CAPO 5th Fret
 
   Am7  Am  Fmaj7  C/G   G
e|--3----0----0-----x----x--|<-Use pinky for Am7 chord
B|--1----1----1-----1----3--|<-use pinky for G chord
G|--2----2----2-----0----0--|
D|--2----2----3-----2----0--|
A|--0----0----3-----3----2--|
E|--x----x----x-----3----3--|
 
(NOTE: on the intro, I hammer on the B string once in a while)
 
 
[Intro]
Am7    Am7    Am7   Fmaj7  C/G
 
 
[Verse]
Am
Moving like the fog on the Cumberland River
      G                    C/G
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/G
and promises that I couldn't keep, Oh Lord
    Fmaj7    C/E      G
and I wasn't ready to go
Fmaj7     C/E      G
I'm never ready to go
 
 
[Chorus]
       Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7 C/G      G
Let it ride easy  down the road
       Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7    C/G    G
Let it take away all of the darkness
       Am
Let it ride
               Fmaj7  C/G     G         C/G
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
Fmaj7
Until it brings me home
Fmaj7                             Am
Let it ride. Let it roll, let it go
 
Am7    Am7    Am7   Fmaj7  C/G (x2)
 
 
[Verse]
Am
Loaded like a sailor tumbling off a ferryboat
G                     C/G
I was at the bar till three, oh Lord
    Fmaj7    C/E      G
and I wasn't ready to go
Fmaj7     C/E      G
I'm never ready to go
 
Am
Tennessee's a brother to my sister Carolina
      G                    C/G
Where they were gonna bury me
    Fmaj7   C/G      G
and I ain't ready to go
Fmaj7     C/G      G
I'm never ready to go
 
 
[Chorus]
       Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7 C/G      G
Let it ride easy  down the road
       Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7    C/G    G
Let it take away all of the darkness
       Am
Let it ride
               Fmaj7  C/G     G         C/G
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
Fmaj7
Until it brings me home
Fmaj7                             Am
Let it ride. Let it roll, let it go
 
Am7    Am7    Am7   Fmaj7  C/G  (x2)
 
 
[Bridge]
Fmaj7
I wanna see you tonight
Fmaj7
Dancing in the endless moonlight
C/G                     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/G
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/G      G
Let it ride easy  down the road
       Am
Let it ride
            Fmaj7    C/G    G
Let it take away all of the darkness
       Am
Let it ride
               Fmaj7  C/G     G         C/G
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers angels
Fmaj7
Until it brings me home
Fmaj7                             Am
Let it ride. Let it roll, let it go
 
Am7    Am7    Am7   Fmaj7  C/G  (x2)
 
 
(Here’s the lead relative to capo on 5)
e|---------------------|-----------|---------------------|----------|
B|---------------------|-----------|---------------------|----------|
G|---------------------|-----------|---------------------|----------|
D|---------------------|--2---0----|---------------------|----------|
A|--0------0--------0--|-----------|--0------0--------3--|--2-------|
E|------------0--3-----|-----------|------------0--3-----|-------3--|
 
e|---------------------|-----------|--------------------|------------------|
B|---------------------|-----------|--------------------|------------------|
G|---------------------|-----------|--------------------|------------------|
D|---------------------|--2---0----|------------0----2--|--0---------------|
A|--0------0--------0--|-----------|--3------3----------|------3---2---0---|
E|------------0--3-----|-----------|--------------------|------------------|
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Let It Ride – Ryan Adams

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Pretty sure that first Fmaj in the verse should be a G. the F doesn't work with the melody.

In the chorus it goes to the F on Darkness.

I play it basically the same, but with a few hits-ons and bends (noted below) E|--------------------|------------|-------------------|----------| B|--------------------|------------|-------------------|----------| G|--------------------|------------|-------------------|----------| D|--------------------|--2-2b--0---|-------------------|----------| A|---------0----------|------------|--0-------------3--|--2-------| E|------------0h3-----|------------|------------0h3----|-------0--| e|----------------|------------|------------------|-----------| B|----------------|------------|------------------|-----------| G|----------------|------------|------------------|-----------| D|----------------|--2-2b--0---|-----------0--2--|--0--------| A|-----0----------|------------|--3-----3--------|-------0---| E|--------0h3-----|------------|------------------|-----------|