Ride Captain Ride
Blues Image
Intro: D-C-D-C
Dsus2 D Dsus2
D
Seventy three men sailed up
From the
G7
Rolled off of their ship
G6 Dsus2
D Dsus2 D
And here’s what they had to say
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
We’re calling everyone to ride along
To another shore
G7 G6
We can laugh our lives away
Dsus2 D
Dsus2 D
And be free once more
Dsus2 D
Dsus2 D
No one heard them calling
No one came at all
G7
Cause they were too busy watching
G6 Dsus2 D D5 Dsus4
D
Those old raindrops fall
Dsus2 D
Dsus2 D
As a storm was blowin
Out on a peaceful sea
G7 G6 Dsus2 D
D5 Dsus4 D
Seventy three men sailing on to history
CHORUS:
D A
Ride captain ride upon your mystery ship
A B C D
Be amazed at the friends you're having on your trip
D A
Ride captain ride upon your mystery ship
A
B C D
On your way to a world that others might have missed
(next, play pre-solo
riff 1x, and then play D-Bb-D-Bb-A chords
during 1st solo...)
(...now go back and sing/play 1st eight lines
of verse (up to
and including "and be free once
more" line...))
(..finally,
sing/play chorus again 2x, and then just play
chorus chords as
2nd solo fades out)
Solo (partial…sorry,
will get to the rest later)
E ------------------------------------------------
B ---10h12-10-------------------------------------
G -------------11-9^7----9b11-9b11~---------------
D --------------------9---------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------
B ---10h12-10-------------------------------------
G -------------11-9^7--7h9r7----------------------
D ---------------------------9--------------------
A ------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------
verse
chord progression:
Dsus2 D Dsus2
D
---0--2--2--2-----0--2--2--2-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--1--2--|
---3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-----0--0--0--3--3-----0--1--2--|
---2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--2--3--|
---0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--3--4--|
---------------------------------2--2--2--2--2-----2--3--4--|
---------------------------------0--0--0--0--0-----0--1--2--|
G7 G6 G6 Dsus2 D
Dsus2 D
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----0--2--2-----0--2--2--|
--3--3--3--3--3--6--3--5--3--5--3-----3--3--3-----3--3--3--|
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----2--2--2-----2--2--2--|
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--|
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------------------|
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------------------------|
end of verse
chords pre-solo riff
D5 Dsus4 D A
---5--3--2-- -----------------0--|
---3--3--3-- -----------------2--|
---2--2--2-- -----------------2--|
---0--0--0-- -----------------2--|
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------------ --2--3--4--4--5-----|
.....how it all goes together....