Intro:

        (acoustic guitar doubled w/acoustic bass [4X; continue into verse]:)

         E
         v     v     v     v
E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|------------2h4--2-4--2--|
E|-0--------4--------------|

Verse 1:

         E
        Two wheels a-turnin'
        One girl a-yearnin'
        Big motor burnin' the road

        (drums enter)

        I'll ride the highway
        I'm going my way
        I leave a story untold

Chorus 1:

         A              B   A
        Pretty girls behind me
             A                B    A   E
        But pretty girls are ev...'rywhere
         A         B   A
        Big motor wind up
          A       B     A    E
        Ride on away   from here

        [1:]   D     E
              Ride away

Bridge A:

        (E)  Am7   D7 Dm7 G7            Cmaj7         Am
        She won't approve    of things I do or what I am
        Dm7              G7           Cmaj7
            And I don't really give a...    I understand
        Am                F
        But she'll never see
                       D7/F#
        That I'll never be
                   G
        Anyone but me

        E     G E
        // // / // // /

Bridge B:

        F#m             G#m
        She thinks she needs me
        F#m          G#m
        She cries for me
        F#m              G#m
        But I know she's lying
        F#m                  G#m  F#m
        Crying for others to see
                    F#
        What can I say
                         B    F#  B
        I'll just ride away

Verse 2:

        (Ride, ride away, boy, ride, ride away, boy)
        Big motor run, run
        Ride on away from
        Heartache and misery

        I'm bound to wander (big motor run, run)
        Way over yonder
        Someone may wait just for me

Chorus 2:

        True love to cling to
        I need a dream   to share
        Someone to know me
        Someone to show   me they care

Coda:

        C#m    B
        Ride away
        C#m    B
        Ride away
        A                 E
          From tears and sorrow
        A                    E
          Like there's no tomorrow
            A       F#7 Fmaj7  E
        Tonight I'll ri-ide  away