Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – Sarah In The Summer (Guitar)

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From 1994 album Acoustic [Intro] (Guitar and Mandolin (picked) - 8 measures) E5 [Verse 1]
E
I've driven this road as a stranger

                           A
I've driven this road as a friend

                          E
I've driven this road as a slack jawed tourist

                           Bsus
And I'm drivin' on it once again

            A
It might be cold and long and lonely

                               B
But she's waiting on the other side

           E              A
And I'm an hour closer to Sarah in the summer

    B          E  A  E      B   E
And joyfully I ride, joyfully I ride
[Transition 1]
                 A              E
And I climb from George Town to Silver Plume

    B                    E
The tunnel at Loveland's cold

    A                     E
The lake on the left is a little lower

    F#                    B
And 9 is the Breckenridge road

          A
There's a sign right below Copper Mountain

                                  Bsus B
Telling whether Independence runs free

           E              A
And I'm an hour closer to Sarah in the summer

    B                    E A E             B      E
And that's where I wanna be, that's where I wanna be
[Instrumental] (Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica) E A E B Bsus B E A B E A E B E [Verse 2]
E
In the evening shadow of Red Butte

                                    A
Up the lane from the Slaughter House bridge

                              E
The first cabin the moonlight strikes

                                       Bsus
As it crests the cleft in Hunter Crick Ridge

             A
Up from between old Red and Smuggler

                              B Bsus
Rising high on a piano bench there

           E              A
And I'm an hour closer to Sarah in the summer

    B                 E    A  E           B     E
And what lies between beware, what lies between beware
[Transition 2]
E E/Gb E7/Ab         A                                            E
         Oh, and the red sandstone sentinels rising high on either side

                                                                 Bsus
As I follow the eagle valley through the canyon where the saints reside

          A                                                     B Bsus
And Mount Sopris massive majesty south and East out of Glenwood Springs

           E              A
And I'm an hour closer to Sarah in the summer

          B             E    A     E       B     E
Where the Roaring river sings, the Roaring river sings
[Interlude] (Guitar, Mandolin) E5 [Coda]
E
I've driven this road as a stranger

                           A
I've driven this road as a friend

                          E
I've driven this road as a slack jawed tourist

                           Bsus
And I'm drivin' on it once again

            A*
It might be cold and long and lonely

          A*                   B*
But she's waiting on the other side

           E              A
And I'm an hour closer to Sarah in the summer

    B          E  A  E      B   E  A  E      B   E
And joyfully I ride, joyfully I ride, joyfully I ride
************ *Strum once ************