My Rides Here Chords

KeyD Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays469

My Rides Here by Bruce Springsteen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords D, G, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Verso 1:      D 
I was staying at the Marriott 
     G 
With Jesus and John Wayne 
      Bm 
I was waiting for a chariot 
          A 
They were waiting for a train 
    D 
The sky was full of carrion 
      G 
"I'll take the mazuma" 
     Bm 
Said Jesus to Marion 
            A 
"That's the 3:10 to Yuma 

   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here." 
 
Verso 2:    D 
The Houston sky was changeless 
   G 
We galloped through bluebonnets 
      Bm 
I was wrestling with an angel 
         A 
You were working on a sonnet 
           D 
You said, "I believe the seraphim 
     G 
Will gather up my pinto 
    Bm 
And carry us away, Jimmy 
 A 
Across the San Jacinto 

   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here." 

Instrumental 
D  G  A  x4 

Ponte:    G                            Bm 
Ah, Shelley and Keats, they were out in the street 
    G                   Bm 
And even Lord Byron was leaving for Greece 
      G                   Bm 
While back at the Hilton, last but not least 
A 
Milton was holding his sides 
             G                    Bm 
He said "You bravos had better be ready to fight 
         G                     Bm 
Or we'll never get out of East Texas tonight 
    G                     Bm       A 
The trail is long and the river is wide 
    D              G   A 
and my ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here." 

Verso 3:      D 
I was staying at the Westin 
      G 
I was playing to a draw 
     Bm 
When in walked Charlton Heston 
         A 
With the Tablets of the Law 
               D 
He said, "It's still the Greatest Story" 
        G 
I said, "Man, I'd like to stay 
Bm 
But I'm bound for glory, 
A 
yeah I'm on my way 

   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D           G   A 
My ride's here. 
   D 
My ride's here. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante