Elliot Friedman - "Ride the World" - Tablature

- Capo on fret 3
- Standard tuning - E-A-D-G-B-E
- () = optional notes
- YouTube: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SkWdZ47_2-8
- NOTE: The lyrics are there to help you figure out the timings!

Chords (all relative to the capo):

G:  x799xx
D#: x355xx
A#: 355xxx
F:  x577xx


INTRO / VERSE 1


G                  G
   Don't even think about it.
D#                D#
   Let yourself go and shout it.
A#                 A#
   Tell the whole world about it.
F    F
   I am alive.
G              G
   Feel every moment, take it.
D#            D#
   Into your heart, don't fake it.
A#                 A#
   Live your life full and make it.
F      F
   You are alive.


BRIDGE


D#             F
   So it seems. I am alive.


CHORUS


G                       D#
   Taking a ride on the world.
         A#            F
   Yes I am... holding on.
G                         D#
   Watch me fly by on the world.
              A#              F
   There's no chance... to go wrong.


VERSE 2 (same chords)


Take a deep breath and feel it
Nothing can stop you with it.
Keep all the memories of it.
We are alive.

Time can not drag you from it.
Escape all your problems with it.
Forget the doubters of it.
They will realise.


BRIDGE (same chords)


CHORUS x3 (same chords)


That's the song right there! Whilst everything after and including the first chorus is
more continuously, the intro/first verse and the first bridge all have a very specific
So let's look at that in more detail...


INTRO / FIRST VERSE

e|--xxx--xx----xxx--xx----xxx--xx----xxx--xx---|
B|--xxx--xx----xxx--xx----xxx--xx----xxx--xx---|
G|--999--99----555--55----xxx--xx----777--77---| x2
D|--999--99----555--55----555--55----777--77---|
A|--777--77----333--33----555--55----555--55---|
E|--xxx--xx----xxx--xx----333--33----xxx--xx---|

BRIDGE

e|--xxx--xxxxx--xx--xxxxxx--xxx--xxxxx----x----|
B|--xxx--xxxxx--xx--xxxxxx--xxx--xxxxx----x----|
G|--555--xxxxx--55--xxxxxx--555--xxxxx----7----|
D|--555--xxxxx--55--xxxxxx--333--xxxxx----7----|
A|--333--xxxxx--33--xxxxxx--333--xxxxx----5----|
E|--xxx--xxxxx--xx--xxxxxx--xxx--xxxxx----x----|


The final F chord in that bridge is strummed about 8 times (or more) before he moves up
the first chorus. You should now be able to figure out the song by using all the above.
them up where applicable, so to speak, and you'll get it. Watching the video will also 
of course.

Other notes:

- At times during the chorus he pulls off/hammers on his index finger.
- The outro/final chorus consists of a single strum of each chord.

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