Intro C
verse 1
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Five years old, skippin’ rocks across that Cypress Creek
F C
Mama said, “Don’t you forget, you got church shoes on your feet”
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Daddy smoked them Salems up and wore them sideburns down
F C
My world was only as big as that little blink-and-you-miss-it town
F G C Am
But we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
F G C
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
F G C Am
Driftin’ on to where we’re goin’, hangin’ on to what’s left behind
F G C
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
verse 2
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Muscle car and a leather jacket, crusin’ the main street drag
F C
Cool as a can of Copenhagen and a six pack in a bag
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We were all about them college girls when they came home on break
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Thought those days would last forever and growin’ up would wait
F G C Am
But we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
F G C
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
F G C Am
Driftin’ on to where we’re goin’, hangin’ on to what’s left behind
F G C
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
Solo
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verse 3
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Now daddy’s in his easy chair, mama’s hairs turned grey
F C
She laughs and says it’s all because of my young and wilder days
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I found a girl that makes me smile, I’ll never let her go
F C
Growin’ old don’t scare me none, I believe in streets of gold
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Just gonna ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
F G C
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
F G C Am
Driftin’ on to where we’re goin’, hangin’ on to what’s left behind
F G C
Yeah we ride, ride, ride that river of time
F G C Am
Yeah we ride, ride, ride, ride, ride that river of time
F G C
Oh we ride, ride, ride that river of time
Outro
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