Slow Ride Chords

by MxPx
KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays399

Slow Ride by MxPx is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, F, G, Bm, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: A  D   x4 


verse 1: 
   A 
We accelerate the 
D            A D 
death process   as 
A       D 
we draw towards the 
   A D F 
end    open the door 
to your mind and 
             A   D A D 
climb deep inside 
  A 
a window breaks so 
D     A D     A 
easily    the glass cuts 
 D          A      D 
skin in the process 
         F 
but pain brings you 
          G 
closer to feeling 
more alive 


        A 
for the first time 
     Bm 
in a long time 
        F 
you can take that 
              Am 
slow ride the first 
          Bm 
time in a long time 
        F 
you can take that 
          A   D A D A D A D 
slow ride down 


verse 2: 
  A 
a pictures worth a 
D             A D 
thousand words   a 
A 
thousand words are 
D      A D 
useless   when there's 
F 
nothing to say that 
makes any sense any 
A   D A D  A 
more     machines 
           D 
are always breaking 
    A D    A 
down   the people 
       D        A D 
always turn away 
    F 
but pain brings 
you closer to 
G 
feeling so alive 



        A 
for the first time 
     Bm 
in a long time 
        F 
you can take that 
              Am 
slow ride the first 
          Bm 
time in a long time 
        F 
you can take that 
          A   F A F A D F G 
slow ride down 


Bridge: 
      C 
don't fall asleep  
behind the wheel 
      F 
just slow it down 
      C 
don't fall asleep  
behind the wheel 
       F         F(hold)  
you're too close now 


Interlude: A F A F A D F G(hold) 



        A 
for the first time 
     Bm 
in a long time 
        F 
you can take that 
              Am 
slow ride the first 
          Bm 
time in a long time 
        F 
you can take that 
          A   D A D A D(hold) 
slow ride down 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante