Biography:
Blues Image was a group from Tampa, Florida that achieved a brief yet strong burst of critical acclaim and commercial success in the late 60s and early 70s. Known for mixing blues, Latin music, smooth pop, and other styles, their most successful song was the soft rock hit "Ride Captain Ride", a release from their 1970 album 'Open' that went all the way to #4 in Billboard. A well-respected band among their peers (Jimi Hendrix notably told the British press that Blues Image was one of the best up and coming bands around)
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Ride, Captain, Ride:Blues Image.
#4 in 1970.
INTRO: D C (x2)
#1.
D E E7 E F#
Seventy-three men sailed up, from the San Francisco Bay.
G D
Rolled off of their ship and here's what they had to say.
D E E7 E F#
We're calling everyone to ride along, to another shore..
G D
We can laugh our lives away and be free once more.
#2.
D E E7 E F#
But no one heard them calling..no one came at all..
G D
cause they were too busy watchin', those old raindrops fall.
D E E7 E F#
As a storm was blowin' out on, the peaceful sea......
G D
seventy-three men sailed off, to history.
CHORUS:
D A
Ride, captain, ride, upon your mystery ship.
B C D
Be a..mazed at the friends you have here on your trip.
D A
Ride captain, ride, upon your mystery ship.
B C D
On your way to a world, that others might have missed.
(INTERLUDE:) G Ab A..D Bb D Bb A
#3.
D E E7 E F#
Seventy-three men sailed up, from the San Francisco Bay.
G D
Rolled off of their ship and here's what they had to say.
D E E7 E F#
We're calling everyone to ride along, to another shore..
G D
We can laugh our lives away and be free once more.
CHORUS:
D A
Ride, captain, ride, upon your mystery ship.
B C D
Be a..mazed at the friends you have here on your trip.
D A
Ride captain, ride, upon your mystery ship.
B C D
On your way to a world, that others might have missed.
OUTRO:
D A
Ride, captain, ride, upon your mystery ship.
B C D
Be a..mazed at the friends you have here on your trip.
...D A C D (x2) (Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
#4 in 1970.
INTRO: D C (x2)
#1.
D E E7 E F#
Seventy-three men sailed up, from the San Francisco Bay.
G D
Rolled off of their ship and here's what they had to say.
D E E7 E F#
We're calling everyone to ride along, to another shore..
G D
We can laugh our lives away and be free once more.
#2.
D E E7 E F#
But no one heard them calling..no one came at all..
G D
cause they were too busy watchin', those old raindrops fall.
D E E7 E F#
As a storm was blowin' out on, the peaceful sea......
G D
seventy-three men sailed off, to history.
CHORUS:
D A
Ride, captain, ride, upon your mystery ship.
B C D
Be a..mazed at the friends you have here on your trip.
D A
Ride captain, ride, upon your mystery ship.
B C D
On your way to a world, that others might have missed.
(INTERLUDE:) G Ab A..D Bb D Bb A
#3.
D E E7 E F#
Seventy-three men sailed up, from the San Francisco Bay.
G D
Rolled off of their ship and here's what they had to say.
D E E7 E F#
We're calling everyone to ride along, to another shore..
G D
We can laugh our lives away and be free once more.
CHORUS:
D A
Ride, captain, ride, upon your mystery ship.
B C D
Be a..mazed at the friends you have here on your trip.
D A
Ride captain, ride, upon your mystery ship.
B C D
On your way to a world, that others might have missed.
OUTRO:
D A
Ride, captain, ride, upon your mystery ship.
B C D
Be a..mazed at the friends you have here on your trip.
...D A C D (x2) (Fade.)
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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