Riding With Private Malone

NOTE: Most of the chords are finger picking variations listen to the song and use the chord form to guide you. STANDARD TUNING: EADGBe Intro: E --------------------------------0-------------------------- B -------------------------------0--------------------------- G --1h2----2-2--------------1---------------------------- D --2-------2-2-(x3)-------2----------------------------- A --2-------2-2------------2------------------------------ E --------------------------0-------------------------------- VERSE 1 I was just out of the service thumbin' through the classifieds When an ad that said old chevy somehow caught my eye The lady didn't know the year or even if it ran But I had that thousand dollars in my hand It was way back in the in corner of this old ramshackle barn With thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp When I pulled the cover off it took away my breath What she called a chevy was a sixty-six corvette I felt a little guilty as I counted out the bills What a thrill I got when I sat behind the wheel I opened up the glove box and that's when I found the note The date was nineteen sixty-six and this is what he wrote CHORUS My name is private Andrew Malone If your reading this then I didn't make it home But for every dream that's shatered another one comes true This car was once a dream of mine now it belongs to you And though you may take her and make her your own (repeat intro) You'll always be riding with private malone VERSE 2 It didn't take me long at all I had her runnin' good I loved to hear those horses thunder underneath her hood I had her shinin' like a diamond and I'd put the rag top down All the pretty girls would stop and stare as I drove her thruogh town The buttons on the radio didn't seem to work quite right But it picked up that oldies show especially late at night I'd get the feelin' sometimes if I turned real quick I'd see A soldier riding shotgun in the seat right next to me CHORUS It was a young man named private Andrew Malone Who fought for his country and never made it home But for every dream that's shatered there's another that comes true This car was once a dream of his back when it was new And he told me to take her and make her my own (repeat intro) And I was proud to be riding with private malone VERSE 3 One night it was raining hard I took a curb to fast I still don't remember much about that firey crash Someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out They didn't get his name but I know without a doubt CHORUS It was a young man named private Andrew Malone Who fought for his country and never made it home But for every dream that shaters there's another that comes true This car was once a dream of his back when it was new And I know I wouldn't be here if he hadn't tagged along (repeat intro) Yeah that night I was riding with private malone (repeat intro) Oh thank god I was riding with private malone Private malone....