I play this in Gm, putting a capo on 3rd fret. Works fine in other keys, just move capo
to suit your voice/accompaniment :O)
To get the feel of how to play it, check out Jimmy MacCarthy playing this on The Late
Late Show on YouTube.
The "=" means slide the note (I don't know the correct tab symbol!)
The tab below details the intro and is repeated at various points through the song,
including at the end.
e|--------0------0-------------0---------------|
B|------0------0-------------0-----1-----1-----|
G|----0------0-------------0-----0-----0---0---|
D|-----------------2-4-2-4---------------------|
A|2=7--------------------------3-----3-------3-|
E|----------0----------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jimmy_maccarthy/ride_on_tab_ver_2.html ]
e|3-2-0-------------------------------------------------|
B|------0---3-------3-------------------0-----0---------|
G|--------2---2---2---2---0---0-2-4---0-----0---0-------|
D|--------0-----0-------0---4-------2-------------------|
A|----------------------------------------2---------2=7-|
E|------------------------------------------------0-----|
The lyrics are (with chord shapes relative to capo, not absolute):
[Intro picking, as above], then:
Em C
True, you ride the finest horse
(C) D
I've ever seen
(D)
Standing sixteen-one, or two
Em
With eyes so wild and green
And you ride the horse so well
Hands light to the touch
I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to
*Chorus*
You ride on
See you
I could never go with you
No matter how I wanted to
As you ride into the night
Without a trace behind
Run your claw along my gut
One last time
I turn to face the empty space
Where once you used to lie
And look for the spark to light the night
Through the teardrop in my eye
*Chorus* x2
(Alternately, the word "smile" is used instead of "spark")
