Adia Victoria — Went For A Ride

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WENT FOR A RIDE
As recorded by Adia Victoria
(From the 2024 Album MY BLACK COUNTRY: THE SONGS OF ALICE RANDALL)



Capo 2nd fret



[Intro]
Em  A  Em  A


[Verse 1]
             Em
He was black as the sky
         A
On a moonless night
            Em
He was good with the horses
              A
Never reined 'em too tight
   Em
He rode with the best
         A
Hell, he rode with me
         Em
And they got it all wrong
                A
In that book of history


[Chorus]
          Em
It wasn't cowboys and ponies
       A
It was horses and men
          Em
It wasn't school boys and ladies
       A
It was cowtowns and sin
              Em
And there was blood on the leather
    A
And tears in her eyes
Em
We swore at the devil
         A               Em  A  Em  A
And then went for a ride


[Verse 2]
Em
We told some tales
A
He told them best
Em
Real life can always
A
Use a good stretch
Em
But that don't change
    F#m
The things we did
Em
'Cause the truest thing was
    A
The life that we lived


[Chorus]
          Em
It wasn't cowboys and ponies
       A
It was horses and men
          Em
It wasn't school boys and ladies
       A
It was cowtowns and sin
              Em
And there was blood on the leather
    A
And tears in her eyes
Em
We swore at the devil
         A
And then went for a ride


[Guitar Solo]
Em  A  Em  A
Em  A  Em  A


[Verse 3]
          E
More than one kind of pain
          A
More than one kind of theft
         E
And it's bitter as the night
   A
As sweet Jesus wept
E
She stole my heart
    A
And age stole my fire
E
And they stole my prairie
          A
When they strung up all that wire


[Chorus]
          Em
It wasn't cowboys and ponies
       A
It was horses and men
          Em
It wasn't school boys and ladies
       A
It was cowtowns and sin
              Em
And there was blood on the leather
    A
And tears in her eyes
Em
We swore at the devil
         A
And then went for a ride
          Em
It wasn't cowboys and ponies
       A
It was horses and men
          Em
It wasn't school boys and ladies
       A
It was cowtowns and sin
              Em
And there was blood on the leather
    A
And tears in her eyes
Em
We swore at the devil
         A
And then went for a ride
Em
Oh, we swore at the devil
    A
And went for a ride


[Outro]
   Em
We swore at the devil
         A
And then went for a ride
  Em
I swore at the devil
    A
And went for a ride
Em
Swore at the devil
    A
And went for a ride
Em
Swore at the devil
    A
And went for a ride
  Em
I swore at the devil
    A
And went for a ride
Em
Swore at the devil
    A
And went for a ride
Em
Swore at the devil
    A               Em  A  Em  A  Em  A
And went for a ride