Yellow Bike

Pedro The Lion

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[VERSE 1]
             A               
        On a desert Christmas 
            E
morning, 1981
                  B
        One month shy of six years 
old
               F#m
        In the valley of the sun
        A                          
        My first two-wheel bicycle 
      E
stood by the tree
                 F#m
        My heart thumping in my 
chest
                   A               
        Though I'd tried, I 
  B
couldn’t ride one yet

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[VERSE CONTINUED]
            A                    
        Out on our street when my 
            E
dad let go of the seat
               F#m
        I rode off and down the road
                  A               
        Somehow I never went back 
B
home

[CHORUS 1]
                E
        But I remember what it was 
like
         A
        Astride my yellow bike
                E
        First freedom, second life
                A
        All the places I could ride
                G#m
        Leaving early packing light
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             C#m    B      A      
        That little ache inside
A/G#

           F#m         A
        My kingdom for someone to 
ride with

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[VERSE 2]
              A                    
        Now a highwayman who traded
        E
 in his handlebars
              B
        Going back and forth
           F#m
        In vans and rental cars
               A                 
        On the 10, the 5, the 90, 
         E
and the 95
                     F#m
        In love with every stretch 
of road
                   A               
        But when I drive them on my
 B
 own

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[CHORUS 2]
             G#m
        They remind me what it was 
like
         C#m         B      A    
        Astride that yellow bike
A/G#

           F#m         A
        My kingdom for someone

[BRIDGE]
        A
        Some folks are loners
                G#m
        And you learn from them
                  F#m
        If you've always been a 
joiner
               E
        On the move again
               A
        But if you keep your legs 
pumping
                G#m
        Despite everything
                      F#m
        Well, you can take that 
sting
                A              B
        You can make it swing

[CHORUS 3]
               E
        Just remember what it was 
like
         A
        Astride that yellow bike
              E
        First freedom, second life
                A
        All the places I could ride
                G#m
        Leaving early packing light
             C#m    B      A      
        That little ache inside
A/G#

           F#m             A
        My kingdom for someone to 
ride with
                     F#m        
        I'd trade my kingdom for 
     Am          E
someone to ride with
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Yellow Bike

Pedro The Lion

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