John Hiatt - Riding with the king
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Tuning: E A D G B E
(Opening Riff)
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[Intro]
A (riff)
[Verse 1]
I dreamed I Bbhad a good job and I got well paid
Blew it all at the penny arEcade
BbA hundred dollars on a kewpie doll
I guess no white chick is gonna make me cErawl (that's rBbight)
[Chorus]
[ch ]G G F# F E
On a TWA, to the promised land
EvEery woman, child and man
Gets a caGdillac and a diamond Aring
Dont you know we're riding with the kEing? A D
[Verse 2]
Hes on a miBbssion of mercy to the new frontier
Hes gonna check us all on out of hEere
BbUp to that mansion on a hill
Where you can get your prescription fiElled (any kind of pill)Bb
[Chorus]
On a TGWA to the promised land G F# F E
EverEybody come on and clap your hands
DGont you just love the way he sAings
Dont you know we're riding with the kBbing? E A
[Break]
We're ridin' with the KBbing E A
Don't you know we're ridin' with the KBbing E A
[Verse 3]
DA red cape and shiny colt Bb45
DI never saw his face but I saw the liBbght
GTonight everybody's getting their angel wAings
Dont you know we're riding with the kBbing?E A
[Verse 4]-spoken
Well I steBbpped out of a mirror at ten years old
With a suEit sharp as a razor and a heAart of gold
I had a guBbitar hanging just about waist high
I'm gonna pElay that thing until the dAay I die
[Chorus-Outro]
Bb E A
We're ridin' with the KBbing
Bb E A
Don't you know we're ridin' with the kBbing
Bb E A
(fade out)