Chords
Riding With Private Malone

Key: E

Introduction:

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I was just out of the service thumbin' through the classifieds
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When an ad that said old chevy somehow caught my eye
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The lady didn't know the year or even if it ran
A                                                              B                                 E  
But I had that thousand dollars in my hand
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It was way back in the in corner of this old ramshackle barn
A  
With thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp
B                                                                                 A  
When I pulled the cover off it took away my breath
A                                                                                 B                      E  
What she called a chevy was a sixty-six corvette
C#m                                                                 B  
I felt a little guilty as I counted out the bills
E                                                                      A                            B  
What a thrill I got when I sat behind the wheel
E  
I opened up the glove box and that's when I found the note
A                                                                                                                                                              B  
E  
The date was nineteen sixty-six and this is what he wrote
(refrão)
  C#m                    B                 A              B  
My name is private Andrew Malone
        C#m                            B                            A                                    B  
If your reading this then I didn't make it home
                                  B                                                                            C#m                    A  
B  
But for every dream that's shatered another one comes true
                        A                                                                                                                                                B  
B  
This car was once a dream of mine now it belongs to you
                     E                                                                 B                                                    A  
B  
And though you may take her and make her your own
                     A                             B  
You'll always be riding with private malone
(verso 2)
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It didn't take me long at all I had her runnin' good
A  
I loved to hear those horses thunder underneath her hood
E  
I had her shinin' like a diamond and I'd put the rag top down
                                A                                                                                                                                                              B  
E  
All the pretty girls would stop and stare as I drove her thruogh town
          C#m                                                                      B  
The buttons on the radio didn't seem to work quite right
                  E                                                                                                                                         A  
B  
But it picked up that oldies show especially late at night
          E  
I'd get the feelin' sometimes if I turned real quick I'd see
             A                                                                                                                      B  
E  
A soldier riding shotgun in the seat right next to me
(refrão)
                        C#m                                    B                 A              B  
It was a young man named private Andrew Malone
             C#m                              B                            A                                 B  
Who fought for his country and never made it home
                                  B                                                                            C#m                                                      A  
B  
But for every dream that's shatered there's another that comes true
                        A                                                                                                                B  
B  
This car was once a dream of his back when it was new
                     E                         B                              A                              B  
And he told me to take her and make her my own
                A  B  
intro)
And I was proud to be riding with private malone
A                                                                          B  
One night it was raining hard I took a curb to fast
E                                                                         A                                            B  
I still don't remember much about that firey crash
E  
Someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out
A                                                                                 B                                      E  
They didn't get his name but I know without a doubt
(refrão)
                        C#m                                    B                 A              B  
It was a young man named private Andrew Malone
             C#m                              B                            A                                 B  
Who fought for his country and never made it home
                                  B                                                                    C#m                                              A  
B  
But for every dream that shaters there's another that comes true
                        A                                                                                                                B  
B  
This car was once a dream of his back when it was new
                          E                                                              B                                                 A  
B  
And I know I wouldn't be here if he hadn't tagged along
                          A                                     B  
Yeah that night I was riding with private malone
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Oh thank god I was riding with private malone
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Private malone