Riding With Private Malone David Ball
Transcribed by Steve Cox
Riding With Private Malone
By: David Ball
NOTE: Most of the chords are finger picking variations
listen to the song and use the chord form to guide you.
STANDARD TUNING: EADGBe
Intro:
E --------------------------------0-------------------------- B -------------------------------0--------------------------- G --1h2----2-2--------------1---------------------------- D --2-------2-2-(x3)-------2----------------------------- A --2-------2-2------------2------------------------------ E --------------------------0--------------------------------
VERSE 1
[E]I was just out of the service thumbin' through the classifieds
[A]When an ad that said old chevy somehow caught my eye
[E]The lady didn't know the year or even if it ran
[A]But I had that thousand dollars in my h[B]and[E]
[E]It was way back in the in corner of this old ramshackle barn
[A]With thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp
[B]When I pulled the cover off it took away my bre[A]ath
[A]What she called a chevy was a sixty-six corvette[B] [E]
[C#m]I felt a little guilty as I co[B]unted out the bills
[E]What a thrill I got when I sat behind th[A]e wheel[B]
[E]I opened up the glove box and that's when I found the note
[A] [B]
[E]The date was nineteen sixty-six and this is what he wrote
CHORUS
My [C#m]name is priva[B]te Andrew M[A]alone[B]
If [C#m]your reading this[B] then I didn't m[A]ake it home[B]
[B] [C#m] [A]
[B]But for every dream that's shatered another one comes true
[A] [A] [B]
[B]This car was once a dream of mine now it belongs to you
[E] [B] [A]
[B]And though you may take her and make her your own
A A B B (repeat intro)
You'll always be riding with private malone
VERSE 2
[E]It didn't take me long at all I had her runnin' good
[A]I loved to hear those horses thunder underneath her hood
[E]I had her shinin' like a diamond and I'd put the rag top down
[A] [B]
[E]All the pretty girls would stop and stare as I drove her thruogh town
The butt[C#m]ons on the radio didn't seem to work qui[B]te right
[E] [A]
[B]But it picked up that oldies show especially late at night
I'd g[E]et the feelin' sometimes if I turned real quick I'd see
[A] [B]
[E]A soldier riding shotgun in the seat right next to me
CHORUS
It was a young[C#m] man named private Andrew M[B]alone[A] [B]
Who fough[C#m]t for his country [B]and never made it h[A]ome[B]
[B] [C#m] [A]
[B]But for every dream that's shatered there's another that comes true
[A] [A] [B]
[B]This car was once a dream of his back when it was new
And he told m[E]e to take her an[B]d make her my own[A] [B]
A A B B (repeat
intro)
And I was proud to be riding with private malone
VERSE 3
[A]One night it was raining ha[A]rd I took a curb to[B] fast[B]
[E]I still don't remember much about that firey [A]crash[B]
[E]Someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out
[A]They didn't get his name but I know without a dou[B]bt[E]
CHORUS
It was a young[C#m] man named private Andrew M[B]alone[A] [B]
Who fough[C#m]t for his country [B]and never made it h[A]ome[B]
[B] [C#m] [A]
[B]But for every dream that shaters there's another that comes true
[A] [A] [B]
[B]This car was once a dream of his back when it was new
[E] [B] [A]
[B]And I know I wouldn't be here if he hadn't tagged along
A A B B (repeat intro)
Yeah that night I was riding with private malone
A A B B (repeat intro)
Oh thank god I was riding with private malone
[E]Private malone....
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