Billy Joe Shaver
RIDE ME DOWN EASY 


Verse 1:
         D                             G
 	 The highway she's hotter than nine kinds of hell
              A                          D
 	 The rides,they as scarce as the rain
                                                  G 
 	 When you're down to your last shove with nothin' to sell
             A                      D
 	 And too far away from the train


Verse 2:
         D                                  G   
 	 Been a good month of Sundays and a guitar ago
               A                          D       
 	 Had a tall drink of yesterday's wine
                                            G 
 	 Left a long string of friends,some sheets in the wind
                  A                 D
 	 And some satisfied women behind


Chorus:
          D                         G 
 	 Hey ride me down easy Lord,ride me on down
              A                         D    
 	 Leave word in the dust where i lay
                           G            A                    D 
 	 Say "i'm easy come,easy go and easy to love when i stay"


Verse 3:
          D                               G
 	 Left snow on the mountain,raised hell on the hill
                A                       D
 	 Locked horns with the devil himself
                        G
 	 Been a rodeo bum,a son-of-a-gun
               A                      D 
 	 And a hobo with stars in my crown


Chorus.