Passenger – Riding To New York (Guitar Tab)

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Artist: Passenger Song: Riding to New York Album: Whispers [Intro]

   Fmaj7                 Am7          G5                    Fmaj7
e|-------------0-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-----------1--------1-1h3-----3---1--------1p0---------------------|
G|-0h2-------2------------0-----------0--------0h2-------2p0-0---------------|
D|-----3-------3-----2------2-------0--------------3-------------------------|
A|----------------0-----0----------------------------------------------------|
E|-1-------1--------------------3-------3------1-----------------------------|

   Am7            C              G5
e|---------0h3-----3p0-------------------------0-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------1-----1h3---3-------3-------3-1p0---------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0-----0-------------0-------0---------2p0-----------|
D|-----2-------2-------2---2-----2-----0-------0-------0---------------------|
A|-0-------0-------3---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------------------------|

   Fmaj7                  Am7            G5             Fmaj7
e|---------3p0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1---------------1-1h3-----3---1---------1-------1-------1---|
G|-0h2-----------------------0-----------0---------0h2-------2-------2-------|
D|-----3-------3-------2-------2-------0---------------3-------3-------3-----|
A|-----------------0-------0-------------------------------------------------|
E|-1-------1-----------------------3-------3-------1-------1-------1---------|

[Verse] Am7 C G F Well, I met him in Minnesota. He was dark and overcast, Am7 C with long grey hair and eyes that stared G through me like I was glass. F Am7 I asked, "Where are you going to?" G F He said, "I'm the wind, I'm just blowin' through". Am7 C G* Then he lit up a cigarette and began to talk: Am7 C "See the doctors told me that my body won't hold me, G F my lungs are turning black. Am7 C Been Lucky Strike's fool since I was at school, G now there ain't no turning back. F Am7 G F They can't tell me how long I've got, maybe months, but maybe not. Am7 C G So I'm taking this bike and riding to New York. [Chorus] Dm Am7 G 'Cause I wanna see my grand-daughter one last time Dm Am7 Want to hold her close and feel her tiny C G Heartbeat next to mine Dm Am7 Wanna see my son and the man he's become C G Tell him I'm sorry for the things I've done F Am7 G And I'd do it if I had to walk F G Am7* Oh, I'm taking this bike and riding to New York

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e|-----------------0------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1---------1-----------1-----1h3-----3---1---------1p0--------------|
G|-----------0-----------0-------0-------0---------0h2------2p0-----------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------3-------2----------|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------1----------------------|

e|---------0h3-----3p0----------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------1-----1h3---3---1-----0---------0------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0---------------0-------0-------0--------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0----------|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3--------------|

[Verse] Am7 C G F Through the forests of Wisconsin, that I knew as a boy Am7 C G Past the skyline of Chicago, 'round the lakes of Illinois F Am7 I lay my head in a motel bed G F When my back get sore and my eyes turn red Am7 C G And listen to the trucks roll past my door Am7 C G Am7 Through the fields of Ohio as the sunshine paints them gold Am7 C G I'll run just like a river runs, rapid, quick and cold F Am7 G F Fly through Pennsylvania and the Jersey turn-pike tolls Am7 C G I won't stop 'til I get to New York [Chorus] Dm Am7 G 'Cause I wanna see my grand-son one last time Dm Am7 C G Wanna see his eyes sparkling and stare back into mine Dm Am7 Now my time is short, I wanna see my daughter C G Tell her I'm sorry for the things I taught her F Am7 G And I'd do it if I had to walk F G Am7 Oh, I'm taking this bike and I'm riding to New York

e|-----------------3p0-------------3-------5-------0----------------------|
B|-----1---------1-----------1-------------------------------1------------|
G|-----------0-----------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------2-------2----------|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3-----------------------0-------0--------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3------------------------------|

e|-0---------------0------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------1-------------3p1-----0---------1-----0-------1p0------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----2p0---------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0------------------|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3--------------|

e|----------3p0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-----1-----1-----1h3-----1---0---------1-------1-----1---------1-|
G|-0h2---------------------------0-------0---------0p2-------2---------------2-----|
D|-----3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------3-------3-------3-------3---|
A|-----------------0-------0-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-1-------1-----------------------3-------3-------1-------1-------1-------1-------|

[Outro] Dm Am7 G And I'd go up to the churchyard one last time Dm Am7 Lay flowers down for the woman who gave me C G The best years of my life F Am7 G And I'd do it if I had to walk F Am7 G Yeah, I'd do it if I had to walk F G Am7(with pinky on 1st string 5ft fret) I'm taking this bike and riding to New York Now, if you've played a couple of Mr. Rosenberg's songs before, his type of finger-picking should be known to you, but to make it easier for those of you who are not familiar with it, I've made a tab of the picking-pattern in the verse. This is actually how Mike plays half(if not most) of his songs:

Picking pattern (verse)
   Am7            C              G              Fmaj7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1---------1-----1---------1-----0---------0-----1---------1-----------|
G|-----------0---------------0---------------0---------------2---------------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------3-------3-------------|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3-------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------1-------1-----------------|

On some of the G's that span two tact-strokes (listen to the video to figure out which) goes
like this:
   G*
e|---------------------------------|
B|-----0h1------1p0---0---------0--|
G|-----------0--------------0------|
D|-----0h2-----2------0-------0----|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3-------3------3-------3--------|

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