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From: jeffnmoe@MCS.COM (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
---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--|
--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
---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)
seventy three men sailed up
from the san francisco bay
rolled off of their ship
and heres what they had to say
we're calling everyone to ride along
to another shore
we can laugh our lives away
and be free once more
no one heard them calling
no one came at all
cause they were too busy watching
G6 Dsus2 D D5 Dsus4 D ('end of verse'
those old raindrops fall chords)
as a storm was blowin
out on a peaceful sea
seventy three men sailing on to history
-----------(chorus)------------
ride captain ride upon your mystery ship
be amazed at the friends you're having on your trip
ride captain ride upon your mystery ship
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 jeffnmoe@mcs.com