LONG RIDE HOME

Music and Lyrics by Patty Griffin
Unreleased
Chords transcribed by [Jessica Sampson & Ed Drayton] - (jessica.sampson@sbaor.com)  
 
 
Capo on the second fret.  The D is very original in this song.  She
slides on the 2nd string up 2 frets and then back again.
Standard tuning

Intro(open d no finger on the first string)
 
   Long Black Limosine(D slide)
(D)Shiniest car I've ever seen(D slide)
(G)The back seat is nice and clean
(G)She rides as quiet as a dream(D slide)
(A)Someone dug a hole six long (G)feet  in the ground(D)
(A)I said goodbye to you and(G)I threw my roses down(D)
(A)Aint nothing left at all in the end(G)of being proud
(A)With me riding in a race car, and you flying through the clouds

(G)I've had some time to think about you(D slide)
(G)And watch the sun sink like a stone(D slide)
(G)Ive had some time to think about you(Bm)
(A)On the long ride home(D)

(G)One day I took your tiny hand(D)
(G)Put your finger in the wedding band(D)
(D)Your daddy gave a piece of land(G)
(G)We laid ourselves the best of plans(D)
(A)Forty years go by with someone(G) laying in your bed(D)
(A)Forty years of things you wish(G)youd never said(D)
(A)How hard would it have been to say some(G)kinder words instead(D)
(D)I wonder as I stare up at the sky its turning red(? not sure what
note that is)

The rest repeats itself

 

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