Ride On Song lyrics and guitar chords

The sheet music, tin whistle notes and mandolin / 4 string banjo tab are is cluded. Christy Moore and written by songwriter Jimmy McCarthy who has written folk songs for many Irish singers including Katie [ lyrics / chords ] for Mary Black. Tin whistle notes are included. Recorded by many other singers and bands including Rapalje and Celtic Thunder plus the Irish ballad group The High Kings.. Christy uses a capo on the first fret. Recently recorded by Celtic Thunder. The group Cruachan recorded it in 2006 and up until 2015 had more than 600,000 hits on youtube. Included here is an easy to play version in Am along with the guitar chords that Christy Moore sings in. It's got to be one of the shortest songs on the whole site, just two verses and a chorus.

True[Am] you ride the finest horse I've[F] ever seen
[G]Standing sixteen one or two with eyes[Am] wild and green
And[Am] you ride the horse so well hands[F] light to the totch
[G]I could never go with you no matter how I[Am] wanted to
[Chorus]
[Am]Ride on,[F]see you,
[G]I could never go with you no matter how I[Am] wanted to
 
When you ride into the night without a trace behind
Run your claw along my gut one last time
I turn to face an empty space where you used to lie
And look for the smile to light the night through a teardrop in my eye.
[Chorus twice]

Key of G
True[Em] you ride the finest horse I've[C] ever seen
[D]Standing sixteen one or two with eyes[Em] wild and green
And[Em] you ride the horse so well hands[C] light to the totch
[D]I could never go with you no matter how I[Em] wanted to

[Em]Ride on,[C]see you,
[D]I could never go with you no matter how I[Em] wanted to

Ride On Tin Whistle Notes

 
Verse:
 
E E E D E F# G
E E F# G
F# F# F# F# G F# F#
E E E D E
E E E D E F# G
E E E F# G
F# F# F# F# G F# F# F# F# E F# G G E E
 
Chorus:
 
E G
G E
F# F# F# F# G F# F# F# F# E F# G G E E
 
Originally written by Jimmy MacCarthy, this is a very simple and captivating tune.

Here's the chords for the key that Christy sings the song in.

[Bbm]True you ride the finest horse I've[F#] ever seen
Stand[Ab]ing six[Cm]teen [Ab]one or two with eyes[Bbm]] wild and green
And[Bbm]] you ride the horse so well hands[F#] light to the totch
[Ab]I could [Cm]never go with you no matter how I[bBM] wanted to
[Chorus]
[Bbm]Ride on,[F#]see you,
[Ab]I could [Cm]never go with you no matter how I[Bbm] wanted to.

​Below is the sheet music for Ride On