Misc Musicals – Ride - By My Side (Ukulele)

        C
Look at me

          G
In gay Paris

             Am
A whole new city to explore

             G
A chance to find out

                             F
Why it's called "La ville d'amour"

                            G
I've never seen a sweeter sight

G
Annie, I need to go

 F                               G
Just promise me you'll stay one night

N.C.           C
And then we're gone off to Lyon

             G
To see what they got going on

       Am
As the sun begins to set

           G
We take a stroll across

                F
Le pont de Lafayette

                     G
After I tame my appetite (Uh, fifteen of your finest croissants, please!)

 F
We stay up drinking wine

   G               Am
Until the morning light

               C                   G
And when the folks back home come calling

        Am                                    F
Asking questions about all the things you've seen

              G              F
You'll say I never left her side

              G
You'll say I never left-

N.C.      C
We take a glance at Valence

            G
And live it up like it's the Renaissance

      Am
This town's in love with me!

             G                   F
I'm treated like a genuine celebrity

                             G
The best hotels, the finest meals (Enjoy your hostel, Celine!)

 F
A leather saddle

       G
And a brand new set of wheels

          C
We gotta dash, and in a flash

       G
We ricochet to Marseille

                  Am
Though we're not gonna stick around

               G                      F
Soon we'll be sailing far away, Egypt bound

                            G
I get our tickets stamped inside

G
What? Annie, no!

 F
I'm sure that there's a way

     G                 Am
That I can change your mind

                 C                    G
'Cause when the folks back home come calling

             Am                      F
To hear the stories about Annie and Celine

                         G            F
I'll tell them you were always by my side

F
You'll stay, won't you?

N.C.        Am
So whaddaya say?

            C
Extend our trip?

              F
You'll be so lonesome on your ownsome

         G
Why not join me on that ship?

             Am
So whaddaya say?

        C
This is who you're meant to be!

              G
Who wouldn't take a chance to disappear

    F
To disregard your worries

        C
And be free

     G             Am
To leave the past behind you (And when the folks back home come calling)

        F                C
Take a road that has no end (Asking questions about all the things we've seen)

             G                     Am
And ride to where your life won't find you (I'll say I had to leave her side)

         F
And get ready for your- (I'll say I had to leave)

          Am
Just get ready for your- (Annie?)

           G
Cause I'm ready for my (Annie?)