Biography:
Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder (b. 1947) is a guitarist, singer and composer from the United States. He is known mostly for his slide guitar work, his passion for American roots music, and for his collaborations with the Rolling Stones, the Buena Vista Social Club and many other musicians from countries all around the world.
Born in Los Angeles, California on 15th March 1947, Cooder first attracted attention in the 1960s, playing with Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band, after having worked with Taj Mahal in The Rising Sons.
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Other songs:
- Across The Borderline
- Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now
- Billy The Kid
- Cancion Mixteca
- Drive Like I Never Been Hurt
- How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
- How Can You Keep On Moving
- If Walls Could Talk
- Im A Good Old Rebel
- Jesus On The Mainline
- Little Sister
- Nobody
- Soy Luz Y Sombra
- Straight Street
- Tattler
- The Very Thing That Makes You Rich Makes Me Poor
- Waitin For Some Girl
- Why Dont You Try Me
- You Must Unload
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[Intro]
C
[Verse]
C
You told everybody that I couldn't drive
C
And you didn't even want me around.
C
And you knocked my love and you know that's a lie
G
'cause I'm a good man when the flag goes down.
F C
I'm gonna drive like I never been hurt.
G C
Die on the road like you never lied.
F
I'll find my way like I?ve never been lost
G C
And you never laughed and I never cried.
F C
I'll say good-bye to all my friends,
G C
That won't take too very long.
F C
They?ll be real big men someday,
G
Never gonna miss me when I'm gone
F C
I'm a-gonna drive like I never been hurt.
G F C
Be long gone like you never lied.
F C
I'll find my way like I?ve never been lost
G C F
And you never laughed and I never cried.
[Instrumental]
C G
F C
G C
[Verse]
F
Well I'm in the road, I'm in the right,
G C
I've got a mind to drive all night.
F
When I get there they'll know my name.
G C
My heads blown loose all over again
F
Fuel?s gettin' hot, sun's getting high,
G C
Salt is burnin' in my eye
F
My brains are good, my tires're fair,
C G
If my drag chute fails Baby, I don't care
F C
'cause I'm gonna drive like I never been hurt.
G C
Be long gone like you never lied.
F C
I'll find my way like I never been lost
G C
And you never laughed and I never cried yeah
F C
I'm gonna drive like I never been hurt.
G F
Die on the road like you never lied.
F C
'cause I'll find my way like I never been lost
G C F C G
And you never laughed and I never cried.
C F
Oh my car is good. I can prove it. Look at it.
C G C F
You know she told me that I couldn?t drive and my car wasn?t no good but I had the 42 crank,
C G C
had the 24 stud-head, I had the Lincoln gears. I had the 49 inch rearend.
F C G F C G
I had the Thompsons in the back ?
[Outro]
F C G C
F C G C
F C G
C
[Verse]
C
You told everybody that I couldn't drive
C
And you didn't even want me around.
C
And you knocked my love and you know that's a lie
G
'cause I'm a good man when the flag goes down.
F C
I'm gonna drive like I never been hurt.
G C
Die on the road like you never lied.
F
I'll find my way like I?ve never been lost
G C
And you never laughed and I never cried.
F C
I'll say good-bye to all my friends,
G C
That won't take too very long.
F C
They?ll be real big men someday,
G
Never gonna miss me when I'm gone
F C
I'm a-gonna drive like I never been hurt.
G F C
Be long gone like you never lied.
F C
I'll find my way like I?ve never been lost
G C F
And you never laughed and I never cried.
[Instrumental]
C G
F C
G C
[Verse]
F
Well I'm in the road, I'm in the right,
G C
I've got a mind to drive all night.
F
When I get there they'll know my name.
G C
My heads blown loose all over again
F
Fuel?s gettin' hot, sun's getting high,
G C
Salt is burnin' in my eye
F
My brains are good, my tires're fair,
C G
If my drag chute fails Baby, I don't care
F C
'cause I'm gonna drive like I never been hurt.
G C
Be long gone like you never lied.
F C
I'll find my way like I never been lost
G C
And you never laughed and I never cried yeah
F C
I'm gonna drive like I never been hurt.
G F
Die on the road like you never lied.
F C
'cause I'll find my way like I never been lost
G C F C G
And you never laughed and I never cried.
C F
Oh my car is good. I can prove it. Look at it.
C G C F
You know she told me that I couldn?t drive and my car wasn?t no good but I had the 42 crank,
C G C
had the 24 stud-head, I had the Lincoln gears. I had the 49 inch rearend.
F C G F C G
I had the Thompsons in the back ?
[Outro]
F C G C
F C G C
F C G
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Ryan Calhoun
Ryan Campbell
Ryan Caraveo