Back

Boy Needs A Bike Tab

by Jewel



Boy Needs A Bike (Ride Away)
----------------------------

Artist: Jewel Kilcher


Song is played in standard tuning

Chords used:
                       
e--3---3----2---0---0------0-----1---0---0--
B--3---3----3---1---3------0-----1---1---0--
G--0---0----2---0---0------0-----2---2---0--
D--0---2----0---2---2------2-----3---2---2--
A--2---3----X---3---3------3-----3---0---2--
E--3---X----X---X---X------X-----1---X---0--



       

       
   Pop works in the shop til eight
    
   Mom's on the phone and she's kind of irate
                                           
   Sally's doing sommersaults on the lawn

   Pop slams open the front screen door
    
   Just to scare mom
   She says, "What the hell did you do that for?"
                                           
   He washes his dirty hands in the sink

   And things around the table are kind of rough
   
   Mom says it's pa
   Pa says, "Times are just tough"
                                                    
   Me and Sally don't say much of nothing at all

   The garage door light brightens up the night
      
   Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight
                                      
   As though he could figure out that woman by working on that
               
   old car

   He said a car can cure any problem at all
          
   Cause seeing all those parts makes a fight look so small
                              
   But I wish he'd put me and Sally in the backseat and
                     
   drive us away
                   
   That's when he sits me down he said he's gonna teach me about life
                
   He said, "A man needs a car and a boy needs a bike"
                                   
   I got my first taste of freedom
                                      
   beneath the light of the moon

                  
   But if it were me
                
   I'd have the guts
                                     
   I'd put to test   those bolts        and nuts
             
   And I'd Ride
                     
   Away   so fast, so far


   Put away our tools
   We go back inside
    
   Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cry
                                                 
   I wonder if all girls are crazy this way

   I wish pops would just get a spine
                     
   I said I know it's little but you can borrow mine
                                                     
   He just smiles and says, "Your mom means well, son"

   Most times are good it's just some that are lame
        
   But love makes up for those times in beteween
                                                  
   He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma's hand
                     
   said one day I'd understand

                  
   But if it were me
                
   I'd have the guts
                                       
   I'd put to test      those bolts       and nuts
              
   And I'd Ride
                     
   Away   so fast, so far
                        
   Ride  Away   so fast so far
           
   Ride  Away

(end on Em with upward strum)

 If you have any corrections, comments, opinions or problems, then feel