Ride On Jimmy MacCarthy
I play this in Gm, putting a capo on 3rd fret. Works fine in other keys, just move capo
to suit your voice/accompaniment :O)
To get the feel of how to play it, check out Jimmy MacCarthy playing this on The Late
Late Show on YouTube.
The "=" means slide the note (I don't know the correct tab symbol!)
The tab below details the intro and is repeated at various points through the song,
including at the end.
e|--------0------0-------------0---------------| B|------0------0-------------0-----1-----1-----| G|----0------0-------------0-----0-----0---0---| D|-----------------2-4-2-4---------------------| A|2=7--------------------------3-----3-------3-| E|----------0----------------------------------|
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jimmy_maccarthy/ride_on_tab_ver_2.html )
e|3-2-0-------------------------------------------------| B|------0---3-------3-------------------0-----0---------| G|--------2---2---2---2---0---0-2-4---0-----0---0-------| D|--------0-----0-------0---4-------2-------------------| A|----------------------------------------2---------2=7-| E|------------------------------------------------0-----|
The lyrics are (with chord shapes relative to capo, not absolute):
(Intro picking, as above), then:
[Em]True, you ride the finest horse[C]
[(C)]I've ever seen[D]
[(D)]Standing sixteen-one, or two
With [Em]eyes so wild and green
And you ride the horse so well
Hands light to the touch
I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to
*Chorus*
You ride on
See you
I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to
As you ride into the night
Without a trace behind
Run your claw along my gut
One last time
I turn to face the empty space
Where once you used to lie
And look for the spark to light the night
Through the teardrop in my eye
*Chorus* x2
(Alternately, the word "smile" is used instead of "spark")
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