David Allan Coe - The ride

^BWell I was thumbing from Montgomery^D. Had my guitar on my back. ^E When a stranger stopped beside me in an ^Bantique Cadillac. ^BHe was dressed like 1950 half-d^Drunk and hollow-eyed He said ^E"It's a long walk to Nashville would you like a ^Bride, son." ^{B B}I sat down in the front seat. He ^Dturned on the radio and them ^Esad old songs comin' out of them speakers was ^Bsolid country gold. Then I ^Bnoticed the stranger was ghost white pale when he ^Dasked me for a light And I ^Eknew there was somthin' strange about this ^Bride.

He said "^ADrifter can you make folks ^Ecry when you play and ^Bsing? ^B Have you ^Bpaid your dues? Can you ^Bmoan the blues? Can you ^F#bend them guitar strings?" He said "^ABoy can you make folks ^Efeel what you feel ^Binside? ^B 'Cause if you're ^Abig star bound let me ^Ewarn ya' it's a long, hard ^Bride."^{A E B}

Then he ^Bcried just south of Nashville and he ^Dturned that car around. He said^E "This is where you get off boy '^Bcause I'm goin' back to Alabam ^BAs I stepped out of that old Cadillac^D I said "Mister, many thanks." ^EHe said "You don't have to call me Mister, Mister. ^BThe whole world called me Hank."

He said "^ADrifter can you make folks ^Ecry when you play and ^Bsing? ^B Have you ^Bpaid your dues? Can you ^Bmoan the blues? Can you ^F#bend them guitar strings?" He said "^ABoy can you make folks ^Efeel what you feel ^Binside? ^B 'Cause if you're ^Abig star bound let me ^Ewarn ya' it's a long, hard ^Bride."

He said "^ADrifter can you make folks ^Ecry when you play and ^Bsing? ^B Have you ^Bpaid your dues? Can you ^Bmoan the blues? Can you ^F#bend them guitar strings?" He said "^ABoy can you make folks ^Efeel what you feel ^Binside? ^B 'Cause if you're ^Abig star bound let me ^Ewarn ya' it's a long, hard ^Bride." 'Cause if you're ^Abig star bound let me ^Ewarn ya' it's a long, hard ^Bride."