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[Verse 1]
C                              Am7
Five years old, skippin’ rocks across that Cypress Creek
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Mama said, “Don’t you forget, you got church shoes on your feet”
C                               Am7
Daddy smoked them Salems up and wore them sideburns down
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My world was only as big as that little blink-and-you-miss-it town

[Chorus]
        F           G           C                 Am
But we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
         F           G                 C
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
         F                  G             C                 Am
Driftin’ on to where we’re goin’, hangin’ on to what’s left behind
         F           G                 C
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time

[Verse 2]
C                                Am7
Muscle car and a leather jacket, crusin’ the main street drag
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Cool as a can of Copenhagen and a six pack in a bag
C                                         Am7
We were all about them college girls when they came home on break
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Thought those days would last forever and growin’ up would wait

[Chorus]
        F           G           C                 Am
But we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
         F           G                 C
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
         F                  G             C                 Am
Driftin’ on to where we’re goin’, hangin’ on to what’s left behind
         F           G                 C
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time

[Solo]
F  G  C  Am  F  G  C

[Verse 3]
     C                         Am7
Now daddy’s in his easy chair, mama’s hairs turned grey
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She laughs and says it’s all because of my young and wilder days
   C                                     Am7
I found a girl that makes me smile, I’ll never let her go
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Growin’ old don’t scare me none, I believe in streets of gold

[Chorus]
            F           G           C                  Am
Just gonna ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
         F           G                 C
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
         F                  G             C                 Am
Driftin’ on to where we’re goin’, hangin’ on to what’s left behind
         F           G                 C
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
         F           G           C                 Am
Yeah we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
       F           G                  C
Oh we ride, ride, ride that river of time