Baby Ride Easy Chords

KeyF# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays382

Baby Ride Easy by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F#. It uses the chords F#m, E, A, D and A/C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F#
Text
16
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Intro: F#m - E - F#m - E    

verse 1: 
   A                   D 
If I drove a truck And I were a waitress 
    A                    A            E 
And I ordered coffee And I poured you some 
D                          A 
Then you'd stop by on your way sometimes later 
       A 
And if we arm-wrestled 
     E            A 
I'd say that you won 



   F#m          E                     D                      A    E 
    Ai-eeee my baby, ride easy, ride high in the saddle all day 
            A  A/C#   D 
    If your loving is good 
          E             A 
    And your cooking ain't greasy 
           A      A/C#    D         E          A 
    we'll chuck the chuck wagon and we'll ride away 

verse 2: 
   A                 D                A                       A            E 
If I were a winsome pale senorita And I a bull-fighter, way down in the sand 
          D                          A 
While the band kept on playing that Old Paso Doable 
             A 
Would you throw me a flower 
          E         A 
Would you take my hand? 


   F#m          E                     D                      A    E 
    Ai-eeee my baby, ride easy, ride high in the saddle all day 
         A  A/C#   D  
    If your loving is good 
          E             A 
    And your cooking ain't greasy 
           A      A/C#    D         E          A 
    we'll chuck the chuck wagon and we'll ride away 

   Solo: A-D-A-A-E-D-A-A-E-A 

verse 3: 
   A                     D                       A  
If I ran the country I'd be your first lady and fix up the white house  
      A          E 
while you were away 
  D                            A                      A 
Waiting while you're passing time with world leaders Left alone together 
 E              A 
Alone we might lay 

Chorus:

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante