Ride like the wind - Christopher Cross

Ride like the wind (video) (midi)

Am - G - Am - G - F - G - Am - G (2x)

Am G Am G

1. It is the night, my body’s weak, I’m on the run, no time for sleep,

Am G Am - G

I’ve got to ride, ride like the wind to be free again.

F G F G

And I’ve got such a long way to go, to make it to the border of Mexico,

Am G Am - G

so I’ll ride like the wind, ride like the wind.

Am G

2. I was born the son of a lawless man,

Am G

always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand,

F G F - G

lived nine lives, gunned down ten, ride like the wind.

F G F G

And I’ve got such a long way to go, to make it to the border of Mexico,

Am G Am - G Am

so I’ll ride like the wind, ride like the wind, ride like the wind.

+ Am - G - Am - G (2x) + Am - G - Am - G (2x)

Am G

3. Accused and tried and told to hang,

Am G

I was nowhere in sight when the church bell rang,

F G

never was the kind to do what I was told,

Am G

gonna ride like the wind before I get old.

Am G Am G

4. It is the night, my body’s weak, I’m on the run, no time for sleep,

Am G Am - G

I’ve got to ride, ride like the wind to be free again.

F G F G

And I’ve got such a long way to go, to make it to the border of Mexico,

Am G Am - G

so I’ll ride like the wind, ride like the wind.

F G F G

And I’ve got such a long way to go, to make it to the border of Mexico,

Am G Am - G

so I’ll ride like the wind, ride like the wind.

+ Ride like the wind ! + Am - G - Am - G (2x)

+ Am - G - Am - G (2x)

+ Ride like the wind ! + Am - G - Am - G (4x) ....

(orig. = capo 3rd) (Christopher Cross)