Biography:
John Weldon Cale (5 December 1938 – 26 July 2013), known as JJ Cale or J.J. Cale, was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and musician. Cale was one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a loose genre drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz influences. Cale's personal style has often been described as "laid back".
His songs have been performed by a number of other musicians including "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" by Eric Clapton
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Other songs:
- 13 Days
- After Midnight
- Aint Love Funny
- Angel
- Another Song
- Blue Sunday
- Boilin Pot
- Cajun Moon
- Call Me The Breeze
- Call The Doctor
- Carry On
- Chains Of Love
- Cherry
- City Girls
- Closer To You
- Clyde
- Cocaine
- Crazy Mama
- Danger
- Don T Cry Sister
- Dont Go To Strangers
- Downtown La
- Fancy Dancer
- Fate Of A Fool
- Former Me
- Going Down
- Hard To Thrill
- Hey Baby
- Homeless
- I Got The Same Old Blues
- If I Had A Rocket
- If Youre Ever In Oklahoma
- Ill Be There
- Ill Make Love To You Any Old Time
- Ill Make Love To You Anytime
- Im A Gypsy Man
- Its Easy
- Last Will And Testament
- Long Way Home
- Lou
- Low Down
- Low Rider
- Magnolia
- Mama Dont
- Mamma Dont
- Missing Person
- Money Talks
- No Time
- Nobody But You
- Oh Mary
- Old Blue
- One Step Ahead Of The Blues
- Problem
- Ride The River
- River Runs Deep
- Riverboat Song
- Roll On
- Rollin
- Santa Cruz
- Sensitive Kind
- Since You Said Goodbye
- Sporting Life Blues
- Starbound
- Stone River
- Strange Days
- Take Out Some Insurance
- Teardrops In My Tequila
- That Kind Of Thing
- The Problem
- The Woman That Got Away
- Thirteen Days
- Travelin Light
- Trouble In The City
- Who Am I Telling You
- Wish I Had Not Said That
- You Got Something
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Ride The River - J.J. Cale (Capo 3rd Fret)
(as performed by Cale/Clapton on "The Road To Escondido")
Chord Shapes: Esus4=(0,0,2,2,5,5) D5=(x,x,0,2,3,5) (with respect to capo)
Intro: [A] [Asus4] [Esus4] x2
[D] [Dsus4] [D5] [A] [Asus4] [Esus4] [E] [F#m] [E] [A] [Asus4] [Esus4]
Floatin' [A] down that old river boy, all my worries far behind, [A7]
Floatin' [D] down that old river boy, leave old memories way be- [A] hind,
Yester- [E] day is slowly fadin',
All my [F#m] life, I've been [E] waitin', for this [A] time.
[A] Floatin' down that old river boy, leaves me feelin' good inside, [A7]
Floatin' [D] down that old river boy, tryin' to get to the other [A] side,
Yester- [E] day is slowly fadin',
I been [F#m] waitin', now for- [E] ever, for this [A] ride.
Refrain:
[A] Ride the river in this boat, ride the river.
[A] Ride [Asus4] the river [Esus4] in this boat, ride the river. [A7]
[D] Ride [Dsus4] the river [D5] in this boat, ride the river.
[A] Ride [Asus4] the river [Esus4] in this boat, ride the river. [E] [F#m] [E] [A] [Asus4] [Esus4]
Interlude: (Intro chords x2)
[A] Floatin' down that old river boy, all my worries far behind, [A7]
Floatin' [D] down that old river boy, leave old memories way be- [A] hind,
Yester- [E] day is slowly fadin',
I been [F#m] waitin', now for- [E] ever, for this [A] ride. [Asus4] [Esus4]
Refrain (repeat & fade)
(as performed by Cale/Clapton on "The Road To Escondido")
Chord Shapes: Esus4=(0,0,2,2,5,5) D5=(x,x,0,2,3,5) (with respect to capo)
Intro: [A] [Asus4] [Esus4] x2
[D] [Dsus4] [D5] [A] [Asus4] [Esus4] [E] [F#m] [E] [A] [Asus4] [Esus4]
Floatin' [A] down that old river boy, all my worries far behind, [A7]
Floatin' [D] down that old river boy, leave old memories way be- [A] hind,
Yester- [E] day is slowly fadin',
All my [F#m] life, I've been [E] waitin', for this [A] time.
[A] Floatin' down that old river boy, leaves me feelin' good inside, [A7]
Floatin' [D] down that old river boy, tryin' to get to the other [A] side,
Yester- [E] day is slowly fadin',
I been [F#m] waitin', now for- [E] ever, for this [A] ride.
Refrain:
[A] Ride the river in this boat, ride the river.
[A] Ride [Asus4] the river [Esus4] in this boat, ride the river. [A7]
[D] Ride [Dsus4] the river [D5] in this boat, ride the river.
[A] Ride [Asus4] the river [Esus4] in this boat, ride the river. [E] [F#m] [E] [A] [Asus4] [Esus4]
Interlude: (Intro chords x2)
[A] Floatin' down that old river boy, all my worries far behind, [A7]
Floatin' [D] down that old river boy, leave old memories way be- [A] hind,
Yester- [E] day is slowly fadin',
I been [F#m] waitin', now for- [E] ever, for this [A] ride. [Asus4] [Esus4]
Refrain (repeat & fade)
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