Riding To New York by Passenger
Noticed that I could not find a single tab/chord progression of this insanely
beautiful song anywhere online, and I thought to my self, "this...this I can
not tolerate... ONWARDS!" This is what I got so far, basically a chord progression, and I just
added the tabs for the intro. I'll see if I can get the intersections as well in the near
future! I also added tabs for the picking-pattern in the verse at the bottom ;) If you have any
opinion on corrections or anything, just comment below, and I'll see about fixing it! ;)
Video used: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8akmRpjXtjs
Artist: Passenger
Song: Riding to New York
Album: Whispers
Tuning: Standard
Capo on the 5th fret
Intro:
Fmaj7 Am7 G5 Fmaj7
e|-------------0-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-----------1--------1-1h3-----3---1--------1p0---------------------|
G|-0h2-------2------------0-----------0--------0h2-------2p0-0---------------|
D|-----3-------3-----2------2-------0--------------3-------------------------|
A|----------------0-----0----------------------------------------------------|
E|-1-------1--------------------3-------3------1-----------------------------|
Am7 C G5
e|---------0h3-----3p0-------------------------0-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------1-----1h3---3-------3-------3-1p0---------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0-----0-------------0-------0---------2p0-----------|
D|-----2-------2-------2---2-----2-----0-------0-------0---------------------|
A|-0-------0-------3---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------------------------|
Fmaj7 Am7 G5 Fmaj7
e|---------3p0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1---------------1-1h3-----3---1---------1-------1-------1---|
G|-0h2-----------------------0-----------0---------0h2-------2-------2-------|
D|-----3-------3-------2-------2-------0---------------3-------3-------3-----|
A|-----------------0-------0-------------------------------------------------|
E|-1-------1-----------------------3-------3-------1-------1-------1---------|
Am7 C G F
Well, I met him in Minnesota. He was dark and overcast,
Am7 C
with long grey hair and eyes that stared
G
through me like I was glass.
F Am7
I asked, "Where are you going to?"
G F
He said, "I'm the wind, I'm just blowin' through".
Am7 C G*
Then he lit up a cigarette and began to talk:
Am7 C
"See the doctors told me that my body won't hold me,
G F
my lungs are turning black.
Am7 C
Been Lucky Strike's fool since I was at school,
G
now there ain't no turning back.
F Am7 G F
They can't tell me how long I've got, maybe months, but maybe not.
Am7 C G
So I'm taking this bike and riding to New York.
Dm Am7 G
'Cause I wanna see my grand-daughter one last time
Dm Am7
Want to hold her close and feel her tiny
C G
Heartbeat next to mine
Dm Am7
Wanna see my son and the man he's become
C G
Tell him I'm sorry for the things I've done
F Am7 G
And I'd do it if I had to walk
F G Am7
Oh, I'm taking this bike and riding to New York
(intersection) Intro-ish
Am7 C G F
Through the forests of Wisconsin, that I knew as a boy
Am7 C G
Past the skyline of Chicago, 'round the lakes of Illinois
F Am7
I lay my head in a motel bed
G F
When my back get sore and my eyes turn red
Am7 C G
And listen to the trucks roll past my door
Am7 C G Am7
Through the fields of Ohio as the sunshine paints them gold
Am7 C G
I'll run just like a river runs, rapid, quick and cold
F Am7 G F
Fly through Pennsylvania and the Jersey turn-pike tolls
Am7 C G
I won't stop 'til I get to New York
Dm Am7 G
'Cause I wanna see my grand-son one last time
Dm Am7 C G
Wanna see his eyes sparkling and stare back into mine
Dm Am7
Now my time is short, I wanna see my daughter
C G
Tell her I'm sorry for the things I taught her
F Am7 G
And I'd do it if I had to walk
F G Am7
Oh, I'm taking this bike and I'm riding to New York
(intersection) Intro-ish
Dm Am7 G
And I'd go up to the churchyard one last time
Dm Am7
Lay flowers down for the woman who gave me
C G
The best years of my life
F Am7 G
And I'd do it if I had to walk
F Am7 G
Yeah, I'd do it if I had to walk
F G Am7(with pinky on 1st string 5ft fret)
I'm taking this bike and riding to New York
-end-
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Now, if you've played a couple of Mr. Rosenberg's songs before, his type of finger-picking
should be known to you, but to make it easier for those of you who are not familiar with it,
I've made a tab of the picking-pattern in the verse. This is actually how Mike plays half(if not
most) of his songs:
Picking pattern (verse)
Am7 C G Fmaj7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1---------1-----1---------1-----0---------0-----1---------1-----------|
G|-----------0---------------0---------------0---------------2---------------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------3-------3-------------|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3-------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------1-------1-----------------|
On some of the G's that span two tact-strokes (listen to the video to figure out which) goes
like this:
G*
e|---------------------------------|
B|-----0h1------1p0---0---------0--|
G|-----------0--------------0------|
D|-----0h2-----2------0-------0----|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3-------3------3-------3--------|
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