My Rides Here

	  		
 
 
Verse 1:
      D 
I was staying at the Marriott 
     G 
With Jesus and John Wayne 
      Bm 
I was waiting for a chariot 
          A 
They were waiting for a train 
    D 
The sky was full of carrion 
      G 
"I'll take the mazuma" 
     Bm 
Said Jesus to Marion 
            A 
"That's the 3:10 to Yuma 

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My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here."
 
 
Verse 2:
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The Houston sky was changeless 
   G 
We galloped through bluebonnets 
      Bm 
I was wrestling with an angel 
         A 
You were working on a sonnet 
           D 
You said, "I believe the seraphim 
     G 
Will gather up my pinto 
    Bm 
And carry us away, Jimmy 
 A 
Across the San Jacinto 

   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here."
 

Instrumental 
D  G  A  x4 

Bridge:
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Ah, Shelley and Keats, they were out in the street 
    G                   Bm 
And even Lord Byron was leaving for Greece 
      G                   Bm 
While back at the Hilton, last but not least 
A 
Milton was holding his sides 
             G                    Bm 
He said "You bravos had better be ready to fight 
         G                     Bm 
Or we'll never get out of East Texas tonight 
    G                     Bm       A 
The trail is long and the river is wide 
    D              G   A 
and my ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here." 

Verse 3:
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I was staying at the Westin 
      G 
I was playing to a draw 
     Bm 
When in walked Charlton Heston 
         A 
With the Tablets of the Law 
               D 
He said, "It's still the Greatest Story" 
        G 
I said, "Man, I'd like to stay 
Bm 
But I'm bound for glory, 
A 
yeah I'm on my way 

   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D 
My ride's here.