Ride captain rideBlues Image

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From: [email protected] (jeffnmoe)
Date: 24 May 1995 20:46:38 -0500
'Ride Captain Ride' by Blues Image
standard tuning (EBGDAE)
'hey is that freedom rock? well turn it UP dude!'
(no solos included, just my adaptation of organ/guitar chords
played in song)
verse chord progression
     Dsus2  D        Dsus2  D      E        E7       E  F  F#
---0--2--2--2-----0--2--2--2-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--1--2--
---3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-----0--0--0--3--3-----0--1--2--
---2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--2--3--
---0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--3--4--
---------------------------------2--2--2--2--2-----2--3--4--
---------------------------------0--0--0--0--0-----0--1--2--
    G7                   G6    G6     Dsus2 D    Dsus2 D
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----0--2--2-----0--2--2--
--3--3--3--3--3--6--3--5--3--5--3-----3--3--3-----3--3--3--
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----2--2--2-----2--2--2--
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------------------
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------------------------
end of verse chords pre-solo riff
              D5 Dsus4 D                            A
---5--3--2-- -----------------0--
---3--3--3-- -----------------2--
---2--2--2-- -----------------2--
---0--0--0-- -----------------2--
------------ -----------------0--
------------ --2--3--4--4--5-----
.....how it all goes together....
(intro: D-C-D-C)
------------verse-------------
(play verse chord progression as shown above while singing;
I've included chord names but look at tab for voicings)
  Dsus2  D         Dsus2  D
seventy three men sailed up
           E          E7    E F F#
from the san francisco bay
  G7
rolled off of their ship
       G6             Dsus2 D   Dsus2 D
and heres what they had to say
        Dsus2  D              Dsus2  D
we're calling everyone to ride along
  E      E7       E F F#
to another shore
  G7                     G6
we can laugh our lives away
         Dsus2  D       Dsus2  D
and be free once more
  Dsus2  D          Dsus2  D
no one heard them calling
  E            E7    E F F#
no one came at all
  G7
cause they were too busy watching
G6 Dsus2 D D5 Dsus4 D ('end of verse'
those old raindrops fall chords)
  Dsus2  D       Dsus2  D
as a storm was blowin
  E            E7      E F F#
out on a peaceful sea
  G7                        G6    Dsus2 D   D5  Dsus4  D
seventy three men sailing on to history
-----------(chorus)------------
  D                             A
ride captain ride upon your mystery ship
  A  B  C                                  D
be amazed at the friends you're having on your trip
  D                             A
ride captain ride upon your mystery ship
  A   B   C                            D
on your way to a world that others might have missed
(next, play pre-solo riff 1x, and then play D-Bb-D-Bb-A chords
during 1st solo...)
(...now go back and sing/play 1st eight lines of verse (up to
and including "and be free once more" line...))
(..finally, sing/play chorus again 2x, and then just play
chorus chords as 2nd solo fades out)
.....questions, comments and corrections to [email protected]