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Riding With The King by John Hiatt
Riding With The King
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
(Opening Riff)
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D|---2---4--/5---4--/5---4---5-7-----2---4--/5---4--/5---4---5---|
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E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
A
(Riff)
[Verse 1]
B
I dreamed I had a good job and I got well paid
E
Blew it all at the penny arcade
B
A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll
E B
I guess no white chick is gonna make me crawl (that's right)
[Chorus]
G G F# F E
On a TWA, to the promised land
Every woman, child and man
G A
Gets a Cadillac and a diamond ring
B E A
Don't you know we're riding with the king?
[Verse 2]
B
He's on a mission of mercy to the new frontier
E
He's gonna check us all on out of here
B
Up to that mansion on a hill
E B
Where you can get your prescription filled (any kind of pill)
[Chorus]
G G F# F E
Well, on a TWA to the promised land
Everybody come on, clap your hands
G A
Don't you just love the way he sings
B E A
Don't you know we're riding with the king?
B E A
We're ridin' with the king
[Bridge]
D B
A red cape and a shiny Colt 45
D B
I never saw his face but I saw the light
G A
Tonight everybody's getting their angel wings
B
Don't you know we're riding with the king?
[Verse 4] (spoken)
(B)
Well, I stepped out of a mirror at ten years old
E A
With a suit cut sharp as a razor and a heart full of gold
B
I had a guitar hanging just about waist high
E A
I'm gonna play that thing until the day I die
[Chorus/Outro]
B E A
We're ridin' with the king
B E A
Don't you know we're ridin' with the king
B E A
We're ridin' with the king ... we're ridin' with the
(Repeat progression and fade out)
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