Let It Ride     Jerry Jeff Walker

(C) Well, some people take this life,
They keep it (F)all up inside,
But (C)me, I can take to picking,
Hell, (D7)I just let things (G7)ride.
When (C)all has got you down,
You got (F)nothing left to (D7/D#)lose,
(C) Just slide (Am)on, boys,
And just (D7)lose (G7)them (C)blues.

And just let it (F)ride, just let it (C)ride,
Don't (G)stop boys, c'mon, said let it (C)ride.
Thum dum deedle, let it (F)ride, just let it (C)ride,
Don't (G7)stop boys, c'mon, said let it (C)ride.

Well now I've been down and out,
I say I (F)know it ain't no joke,
And I (C)know that hungry feeling
And that (D7)gnawing when you're (G7)broke.
(C) Right here for some it's (C7)different,
But for (F)me, I found a (D7/D#)way,
I can (C)get up and grab my (Am)old guitar
And just (D7)play them (G7)blues a(C)way. Oh, play one.
(C7)        (F)        (C)        (D7)    (G7)    (C)        (F)    (D7/F#)    (C)    (Am)    (D7)  (G7)  

(C) Well, one time when I was job-hunting,
(F)Down in New Orleans,
I (C)came upon a man
Who was (D7)thumbing through stacks of (G7)greens.
He (C)asked me was I (C7)hungry,
And I said, (F)"Man is that some kind of a dirty joke?"(D7/D#)
Said, (C)"Drink (E7/B)lots of (A7)water, boy,
And just (D7)walk (G7)real (C)slow."

But I let it (F)ride, I just let it (C)ride,
I don't (G)stop boys, c'mon, (G7)said let it (C)ride.
Thum dum deedle, let it (F)ride, just let it (C)ride,
I don't (G7)stop boys, c'mon, said let it (C)ride.

Well now, you know just as well as me
How the blues gonna get you down,
They gonna (C)kick you and sick you,
And I said (D7)flat buck you in the (G7)ground.
But (C)I found me a way to beat (F)back those blues in(D7/D#)side,
You can (C)grab your grip and your (Am)old flat pick,
I said, (D7)boys, and just (G7)let it (F)ride,

Just let it (C)ride,
Don't (G)stop boys, c'(G7)mon, said let it (C)ride.
Yeah, bum deedle, let it (F)ride, just let it (C)ride,, yeah, yeah,
Don't (G7)stop now, c'mon, said let it (C)ride.
Thum dum deedle, let it (F)ride, let it (C)ride, mm, mm,
I don't (G7)stop, said boys, just let it (C)ride, aw, to hell with it.

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