Intro
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[Verse 1]
D#m
Rollin' like the fog on the Cumberland River.
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I was leaving on the Delta Queen.
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And I wasn't ready to go.
D#m B F# C#
I'm never ready to go.
[Verse 2]
D#m
Twenty-seven years of nothin' but failures.
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Of promises that I couldn't keep.
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Oh lord, I wasn't ready to go.
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I'm never ready to go.
[Chorus]
D#m
Let it ride.
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Let it ride easy down the road.
D#m
Let it ride.
B F# C#
Let it take away all of the darkness.
D#m
Let it ride.
B F# G#m F# B
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers, angels, until it brings me home.
B
Let it ride, let it roll, let it go.
[Break]
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[Verse 3]
D#m
Loaded like a sailor, tumbling off a ferry boat.
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And I was at the bar till three.
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Oh Lord, I wasn't ready to go.
D#m B F# C#
I'm never ready to go.
[Verse 4]
D#m
Tennessee's a brother to my sister Carolina.
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Where they're gonna bury me?
B F# C#
Oh Lord, I wasn't ready to go.
B F# C#
I'm never ready to go.
[Chorus]
D#m
Let it ride.
B F# C#
Let it ride easy down the road.
D#m
Let it ride.
B F# C#
Let it take away all of this darkness.
D#m
Let it ride.
B F# G#m F# B
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers, angels, until it brings me home.
B D#m
Let it ride, let it roll, let it go.
[Break]
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[Verse 5]
B
And I wanna see you tonight, dancing in the endless moonlight.
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In the parking lot, the headlights of cars.
B
'n Some place on the moon, where they moved the drive-in theater.
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Where I left the car that I can't find, but I still got the keys to.
[Chorus]
D#m
Let it ride.
B F# C#
Let it ride easy down the road.
D#m
Let it ride.
B F# C#
Let it take away all of the darkness.
D#m
Let it ride.
B F# G#m F# B
Let it rock me in the arms of strangers, angels, until it brings me home.
B
Let it ride, let it roll, let it go.
[Outro]
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