Pedro the Lion – Yellow Bike (Guitar)

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From the album "Phoenix" (2019) Tempo = 120 bpm [INTRO] E [VERSE 1]
             A                           E
        On a desert Christmas morning, 1981 

                  B
        One month shy of six years old

               F#m
        In the valley of the sun 

        A                                E
        My first two-wheel bicycle stood by the tree 

                 F#m
        My heart thumping in my chest

                   A                 B
        Though I'd tried, I couldn’t ride one yet 

[INSTRUMENTAL]
                        A                                E
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        B|--------0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0---0--0--0-|-(0)----------|
        G|--------9-9-|-9---8-8-8---6-6-|-6---6--4--4-|-(4)--6-------|
        D|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------6-----|
        A|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
        E|------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------|

                      B                                 F#m
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        G|--------2-|-2---/11-11---2-|-2---/11-11---9-|-9---8-8---9-|
        D|----------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
        A|----------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
        E|----------|----------------|----------------|-------------|

        e|-0----0--0----0-|--0----|
        B|-0----0--0----0-|--0----|
        G|-9---11-11---13-|-13----|
        D|----------------|-------|
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[VERSE CONTINUED]
            A                                E
        Out on our street when my dad let go of the seat

               F#m
        I rode off and down the road

                  A               B
        Somehow I never went back home
[CHORUS 1]
                E
        But I remember what it was like

         A
        Astride my yellow bike

                E
        First freedom, second life

                A
        All the places I could ride 

                G#m
        Leaving early packing light

             C#m    B      A      A/G#
        That little ache inside

           F#m         A
        My kingdom for someone to ride with
[CHORUS LEAD]
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        B|-12---------12---------|-12---------12---------|
        G|----13---13----13---13-|----13---13----13---11-|
        D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
        A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
        E|-----------------------|-----------------------|

        e|-------0----------0----|-------0----------0----|
        B|-12---------12---------|-12---------12---------|
        G|----11---11----11---11-|----11---11----11---13-|
        D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
        A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
        E|-----------------------|-----------------------|

[INSTRUMENTAL]
                           E
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        B|---------0--0-|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|
        G|--------13-13-|-13---11-11-11---9-9-|
        D|--------------|---------------------|
        A|--------------|---------------------|
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                             A            
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        G|-9---8-8-8---6-6-|-6---------|---------13-13-|
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            E                                      A
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        B|--0----0--0--0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0----|
        G|-13---11-11-11---9-9-|-9---8-8-8---6-6-|-6----|
        D|---------------------|-----------------|------|
        A|---------------------|-----------------|------|
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[VERSE 2]
              A                            E
        Now a highwayman who traded in his handlebars 

              B
        Going back and forth 

           F#m
        In vans and rental cars 

               A                          E
        On the 10, the 5, the 90, and the 95

                     F#m
        In love with every stretch of road 

                   A                B
        But when I drive them on my own

[VERSE 2 LEAD]
           A                           E
        e|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
        B|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
        G|-9-----9-----|-9-----9-----|-8-----8-----|-8-----8-----|
        D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
        A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
        E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

           F#m                         A
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        B|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|----0-----0--|
        G|-6-----6-----|-6-----6-----|-8-----8-----|-8-----8-----|
        D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
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[CHORUS 2]
             G#m
        They remind me what it was like

         C#m         B      A    A/G#
        Astride that yellow bike 

           F#m         A
        My kingdom for someone
[BRIDGE]
        A
        Some folks are loners 

                G#m
        And you learn from them

                  F#m
        If you've always been a joiner

               E
        On the move again

               A
        But if you keep your legs pumping

                G#m
        Despite everything

                      F#m
        Well, you can take that sting

                A              B
        You can make it swing
[CHORUS 3]
               E
        Just remember what it was like

         A
        Astride that yellow bike

              E
        First freedom, second life

                A
        All the places I could ride

                G#m
        Leaving early packing light

             C#m    B      A      A/G#
        That little ache inside

           F#m             A
        My kingdom for someone to ride with

                     F#m             Am          E
        I'd trade my kingdom for someone to ride with