this song is tab !!!
but people ask me to make a chord version of it so they can tranpose and thing like that,
so if u want to play it right then play this as a tab
Capo on the 5th fret
Picking pattern (Verse)
Am7 C G Fmaj7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1---------1-----1---------1-----0---------0-----1---------1-----------|
G|-----------0---------------0---------------0---------------2---------------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------3-------3-------------|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3-------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------1-------1-----------------|
this one go for most of mike song
Am7 C G F
Well, I met him in Minnesota. He was dark and overcast,
Am7 C
with long grey hair and eyes that stared
G
through me like I was glass.
F Am7
I asked, "Where are you going to?"
G F
He said, "I'm the wind, I'm just blowin' through".
Am7 C G*
Then he lit up a cigarette and began to talk:
Am7 C
"See the doctors told me that my body won't hold me,
G F
my lungs are turning black.
Am7 C
Been Lucky Strike's fool since I was at school,
G
now there ain't no turning back.
F Am7 G F
They can't tell me how long I've got, maybe months, but maybe not.
Am7 C G
So I'm taking this bike and riding to New York.
Dm Am7 G
'Cause I wanna see my grand-daughter one last time
Dm Am7
Want to hold her close and feel her tiny
C G
Heartbeat next to mine
Dm Am7
Wanna see my son and the man he's become
C G
Tell him I'm sorry for the things I've done
F Am7 G
And I'd do it if I had to walk
F G Am7
Oh, I'm taking this bike and riding to New York
Am7 C G F
Through the forests of Wisconsin, that I knew as a boy
Am7 C G
Past the skyline of Chicago, 'round the lakes of Illinois
F Am7
I lay my head in a motel bed
G F
When my back get sore and my eyes turn red
Am7 C G
And listen to the trucks roll past my door
Am7 C G Am7
Through the fields of Ohio as the sunshine paints them gold
Am7 C G
I'll run just like a river runs, rapid, quick and cold
F Am7 G F
Fly through Pennsylvania and the Jersey turn-pike tolls
Am7 C G
I won't stop 'til I get to New York
Dm Am7 G
'Cause I wanna see my grand-son one last time
Dm Am7 C G
Wanna see his eyes sparkling and stare back into mine
Dm Am7
Now my time is short, I wanna see my daughter
C G
Tell her I'm sorry for the things I taught her
F Am7 G
And I'd do it if I had to walk
F G Am7
Oh, I'm taking this bike and I'm riding to New York
Dm Am7 G
And I'd go up to the churchyard one last time
Dm Am7
Lay flowers down for the woman who gave me
C G
The best years of my life
F Am7 G
And I'd do it if I had to walk
F Am7 G
Yeah, I'd do it if I had to walk
F G Am7
I'm taking this bike and riding to New York
most of the credit to gifted Gschibby
thx for watching
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