BLUES IMAGE - "ride captain ride" Tablature

From: jeffnmoe@MCS.COM (jeffnmoe)
Date: 24 May 1995 20:46:38 -0500

'Ride Captain Ride' by Blues Image

standard tuning (EBGDAE)

'hey is that freedom rock? well turn it UP dude!'

(no solos included, just my adaptation of organ/guitar chords
played in song)

verse chord progression

Dsus2 D Dsus2 D E E7 E F F#
---0--2--2--2-----0--2--2--2-----0--0--0--0--0-----0--1--2--
---3--3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-----0--0--0--3--3-----0--1--2--
---2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2-----1--1--1--1--1-----1--2--3--
---0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--3--4--
---------------------------------2--2--2--2--2-----2--3--4--
---------------------------------0--0--0--0--0-----0--1--2--

G7 G6 G6 Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----0--2--2-----0--2--2--
--3--3--3--3--3--6--3--5--3--5--3-----3--3--3-----3--3--3--
--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----2--2--2-----2--2--2--
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-----0--0--0-----0--0--0--
--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------------------------
--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------------------------


end of verse chords pre-solo riff
D5 Dsus4 D A
---5--3--2-- -----------------0--
---3--3--3-- -----------------2--
---2--2--2-- -----------------2--
---0--0--0-- -----------------2--
------------ -----------------0--
------------ --2--3--4--4--5-----

.....how it all goes together....

(intro: D-C-D-C)

------------verse-------------
(play verse chord progression as shown above while singing;
I've included chord names but look at tab for voicings)

Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
seventy three men sailed up
E E7 E F F#
from the san francisco bay
G7
rolled off of their ship
G6 Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
and heres what they had to say
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
we're calling everyone to ride along
E E7 E F F#
to another shore
G7 G6
we can laugh our lives away
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
and be free once more
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
no one heard them calling
E E7 E F F#
no one came at all
G7
cause they were too busy watching
G6 Dsus2 D D5 Dsus4 D ('end of verse'
those old raindrops fall chords)
Dsus2 D Dsus2 D
as a storm was blowin
E E7 E F F#
out on a peaceful sea
G7 G6 Dsus2 D D5 Dsus4 D
seventy three men sailing on to history

-----------(chorus)------------
D A
ride captain ride upon your mystery ship
A B C D
be amazed at the friends you're having on your trip
D A
ride captain ride upon your mystery ship
A B C D
on your way to a world that others might have missed

(next, play pre-solo riff 1x, and then play D-Bb-D-Bb-A chords
during 1st solo...)

(...now go back and sing/play 1st eight lines of verse (up to
and including "and be free once more" line...))

(..finally, sing/play chorus again 2x, and then just play
chorus chords as 2nd solo fades out)


.....questions, comments and corrections to jeffnmoe@mcs.com