Key: F
Introduction: F G D F G D F G Bb F G D
A4
These are just the simple facts I will relate to you
G/A A4
Though they are not connected, each and every one is true
D A4
If they seem a bit untidy, well unravelling them is fun
G/A A4
I will not stand corrected, I have not harmed anyone
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
F G
When I listen to my heart, I sometimes fail to find
D F G A4
One sane and simple answer on the bright side of my mind
F G D F G D
Even when I'm sleeping, I can't seem to unwind
F G D A4
I just let it ride
A4
I knew a man from Windsor who went to Detroit every night
G/A A4
And Stateside of the tunnel, customs agents gave him flight
D A4
He threw his stash in the river and his bedroll on the ground
G/A A4
And when they finally got there, a sleeping man was all that they found
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
F G
Hear the steeple bells ring out above my lobster pots
D F G A4
I might be out here fishing, man, but that ain't where it stops
F G D F G D
The mouths I feed are many and they all say, "Thanks a lot"
F G D A4
They just let it ride
A4
One day when I'm old and grey and consider what's gone by
G/A A4
I always will be proud of every tear I've ever cried
D A4
And all of the old jokes we told around the candle light
G/A A4
To all those tender damsels who had helped us in the night
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
F G D F G Bb F G D
I'm gonna let it ride
A4
Here's to the girls from London and the ones from Montreal
G/A A4
We never will forget them, we still fantasize them all
D A4
I knew one in St. Louis on a Missouri afternoon
G/A A4
I met one up in Shanghai and another in Rangoon
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
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
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