Written by Dallas Davidson/Marv Green/Ben Hayslip
Intro C verse 1 C Am7 Five years old, skippin? rocks across that Cypress Creek F C Mama said, ?Don?t you forget, you got church shoes on your feet? C Am7 Daddy smoked them Salems up and wore them sideburns down F C My world was only as big as that little blink-and-you-miss-it townverse 2 C Am7 Muscle car and a leather jacket, crusin? the main street drag F C Cool as a can of Copenhagen and a six pack in a bag C Am7 We were all about them college girls when they came home on break F C Thought those days would last forever and growin? up would waitF G C Am But we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time F G C Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time F G C Am Driftin? on to where we?re goin?, hangin? on to what?s left behind F G C Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of timeSolo F G C Am F G C verse 3 C Am7 Now daddy?s in his easy chair, mama?s hairs turned grey F C She laughs and says it?s all because of my young and wilder days C Am7 I found a girl that makes me smile, I?ll never let her go F C Growin? old don?t scare me none, I believe in streets of goldF G C Am But we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time F G C Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time F G C Am Driftin? on to where we?re goin?, hangin? on to what?s left behind F G C Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of timeOutro CF G C Am Just gonna ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time F G C Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time F G C Am Driftin? on to where we?re goin?, hangin? on to what?s left behind F G C Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time F G C Am Yeah we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time F G C Oh we ride, ride, ride that river of time