Bruce Springsteen – My Rides Here (Guitar)

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A live cover of the song by Warren Zevon, collected on the tribute album: "Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon". [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
[Chorus]
   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."
[Verse 2]
    D
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
[Chorus]
   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]
    G                            Bm
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]
      D
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
[Chorus]
   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.