Long Ride Home

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                             Long Ride Home - Patti Griffin
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Tabbed by: rarmes (Robert Armes)
Tuning: DADGBD - Double Drop D
Capo: 4
Notes: Standing on the shoulders of Kate Peterson's version, I have put
 together this version.
A couple notable changes:
1) The A chord is not played on the 7th fret, as Kate has it.
I watched some youtube performances of Patti to confirm this.
Basically you can just play the A as if it were a normal tuning, but 
without the high e (d in our case).
2) The G chord IS played on the 5th fret, as Kate has it, and this IS 
indeed also how Patti plays it.
However - I don't like it. Playing those low notes on the 5th fret and 
with the capo,
they tend to be less accurate in pitch.
So I prefer to play the G chord as in the first version below - sounds 
nice and more pitch correct.
But that's just me - make your own choice here. I've included both 
versions for completeness.
3) There are also some points in the song where Patti alternates 
between the A and Asus9.
In these cases, Patti doesn't bar the chord, but rather, fingers the 
strings individually,
making the change between these chords smoother.
4) The Bm minor should include the minor third note (missing in Kate's)
 - added in here.
5) Season to taste

Intro/slide:

E|-------------| R-------------------------| 
B|----3-----3--| E---3s5-5-5-5----3--------| 
G|----2-----2--P---2---0-0-0----2--------|   
D|----0-----0--| E-------0-0-0-------------| 
A|--0----------| A-------------------------| 
E|-------0-----T--------------0----------|   

D:     0 0 0 2 3 0
G:     x 2 0 0 0 0
G:     5 5 0 0 0 0
A:     x 0 2 2 2 x
Asus9: x 0 2 2 0 x
Bm:    x 2 4 4 3 x


Intro: D/slide

[verse 1]

D                    D/slide
Long black limousine
D                    D/slide
Shiniest car I've ever seen
    G
The back seat is nice and clean
    D                D/slide
She rides as quiet as a dream


[pre-chorus1]

A                           G           D
Someone dug a hole six long feet in the ground
  A                         G              D
I said goodbye to you and I threw my roses down
      A                          G            D
Ain't nothing left at all in the end of being proud
        G                           A       Asus9  A
With me riding in this car, and you flying through them clouds


[chorus 1]

       G                            D/slide
I've had some time to think about it
    G                          D/slide
And watch the sun set like a stone

G                            Bm
I've had some time to think about you
       A       Asus9         D
On the long ride home

D/slide

[verse 2]

D                             D/slide
One day I took your tiny hand
D                             D/slide
Put your finger in the wedding band
     G
Your daddy gave a piece of land
D                                   D/slide
We laid ourselves the best of plans


[pre-chorus2]

A                           G           D
Forty years go by with someone laying in your bed
A                           G           D
Forty years of things you say wish you'd never said
A                           G           D
How hard would it have been to say some kinder words instead
        G                           A       Asus9  A
I wonder as I stare up at the sky turning red


[chorus 2]

       G                            D/slide
I've had some time to think about it
    G                          D/slide
And watch the sun sink like a stone
G                            Bm
I've had some time to think about you
       A       Asus9         D
On the long ride home

D/slide

[bridge]

G                             D
Headlights searchin down the driveway
    G                       A
The house is dark as it can be
G                         Bm
I go inside and all is silent
            A       Asus9  A
It seems as empty as the inside of me


[chorus - last]

       G                            D/slide
I've had some time to think about it
    G                          D/slide
And watch the sun set like a stone
G                            Bm
I've had some time to think about you
       A            G
On that long     On the long
       A           G               D
On the long     On the long   ride home

• A
• Asus9
• Bm
• D
• G