Let It Ride

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[VERSE 1:]
These are just the simple facts I 
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will relate to you
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Though they are not connected, each
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 and every one is true
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If they seem a bit untidy, well 
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unravelling them is fun
  G/A                              
I will not stand corrected, I have 
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not harmed anyone


[CHORUS:]
F      G      D
I just let it ride
F     G      D
Ride, let it ride
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Leave on the evening  tide
F    G      D
Just let it ride


[VERSE 2:]
When I listen to my heart, I 
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sometimes fail to find
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One sane and simple answer on the 
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bright side of my mind
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Even when I'm sleeping, I can't
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 seem to unwind
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I just let it ride


[VERSE 3:]
I knew a man from Windsor who went 
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to Detroit every night
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And Stateside of the tunnel, 
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customs agents gave him flight
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He threw his stash in the river and
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 his bedroll on the ground
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    G/A                            
And when they finally got there, a 
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sleeping man was all that they found


[CHORUS:]
F       G      D
He just let it ride
F     G      D
Ride, let it ride
             F       G
Leave on the evening  tide
F    G      D
Just let it ride


[VERSE 4:]
Hear the steeple bells ring out 
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above my lobster pots
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I might be out here fishing, man,
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 but that ain't where it stops
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The mouths I feed are many and 
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they all say, "Thanks a lot"
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They just let it ride


[VERSE 5:]
One day when I'm old and grey and 
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consider what's gone by
  G/A                           
I always will be proud of every 
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tear I've ever cried
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And all of the old jokes we told 
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around the candle light
   G/A                             
To all those tender damsels who had
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 helped us in the night


[CHORUS:]
F         G      D
They just let it ride
F     G      D
Ride, let it ride
             F       G
Leave on the evening  tide
F    G      D     F  G  D
Just let it ride
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I'm gonna let it ride
Bb  F  G  D



[VERSE 6:]
Here's to the girls from London and 
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the ones from Montreal
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We never will forget them, we still
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 fantasize them all
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I knew one in St. Louis on a 
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Missouri afternoon
  G/A                         
I met one up in Shanghai and another
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 in Rangoon


[CHORUS:]
F      G      D
I just let it ride
F     G      D
Ride, let it ride
             F       G
Leave on the evening  tide
F    G      D
Just let it ride


[CHORUS:]
F     G     D
Ride, ride, ride
    F     G      D
I'm gonna let it ride
             F       G
Leave on the evening  tide
F    G      D
Just let it ride