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The Ride

Calexico
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

The Ride, Calexico

Tabbed by Seb Oddos dit Zappy the Koala

E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---1/7-5-3-3/5-3-1-1-0---1/7-5-7-7/8-7-5-5-7--------------------|
A |-0---------------------0----------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------10--10---6-----------------------------------------|
G |-5-2-2/5-5/6-6/9---10—10...---7-2-2-3-2-2-0-------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------3-1-0---------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------0-2-4-5-------------|
E |--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Dm D# Dm

Beneath the neon hub of downtown

Dm D# Dm

The local hotel ghosts blow back around

F Bbm F

Descend on those drugstore cowboy nights

Pattern: On e string 1 3 1 0 followed by Dm

Dm D# Cm Cm C#m Dm

Cling to the bar, then disappear from sight

Then: Cm C#m Dm Cm C#m Dm D#m D#m Em Fm

Fm Cm

E |-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-1-----------------------|
B |----------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-1--|
G |-------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------|

Dm D# Dm

Back to the daily regime

Dm D# Dm

Where the late night graveyard shift dampens your dreams

F Bbm F

Bitten by the desire and the spell

Dm D# Cm Cm C#m Dm Cm C#m Dm

That leaves you stranded out On the other side of town

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