Rodney Crowell – Ridin Out The Storm (Guitar)

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Fate's Right Hand Here is my version of this song. Country finger(slowly) pick C to G on C chord. Don't pic high E string (only at Am). Play barred F chord. [Intro] C [Verse 1]
C
The New York City winter comes in cold grey sheets of steel

Em
The numbness in his hands and feet is all that he can feel

F                            C
Alcohol and sterno turns a doorway to a bed

                                          G                  Am
And the ghost of who he might have been lives on inside his head
[Verse 2]
C
In a canyon made of brownstone on a sidewalk icy black

Em
He wanders nearly barefoot with his righteousness in tact

F                             C
A man of many mansions in a cardboard box replete

                                          G                 Am
He lies sleeping with an angel while his heart pretends to beat
(Chorus) Strum to the *
F
The wind blows down on Lonely Street like an ice pick through the air

Am
Midst the Sunday times, coffee grinds and wino's in Times Square

F                                             *C
Five flights up on Easy Street you know she's safe and warm

 C                                       G             Am
Way down low neath a foot of snow he's riding out the storm
[Verse 3]
C
I offered him my winter coat politely he refused

Em
Like an educated man he spoke with words I seldom use

F                                     C
He said I don't need pity for these choices are my own

                                      G             Am
He bowed his head just slightly and quietly moved along
[Chorus]
F
The wind blows down on Lonely Street like an ice pick through the air

Am
Midst the Sunday times, coffee grinds and wino's in Times Square

F                                             *C
Five flights up on Easy Street you know she's safe and warm

 C                                       G             Am
Way down low neath a foot of snow he's riding out the storm
[Lead] C
C
Its not like he's a victim of the homeless life he stalks

Em
Nor helpless to get back across the fine line that he walks

F                               C
Riding out the storm means yesterday's already spent

                                 G                Am
Tomorrow don't mean nothing it won't even make a dent
[Chorus]
F
The wind blows down on Lonely Street like an ice pick through the air

Am
Midst the Sunday times, coffee grinds and wino's in Times Square

F                                             *C
Five flights up on Easy Street you know she's safe and warm

 C                                       G             Am
Way down low neath a foot of snow he's riding out the storm

C          
Ridin out,Ridin out,Ridin out

Am
Ridin out,Ridin out,Ridin out
(Repeat to fade)