Ridin In My Car

NRBQ: Ridin' In My Car, 1977 single written by Al Anderson, in G Major

Chords:

G(2nd octave):xx5787, Bm7/F#:x997<10>x, Am7/E:x7558x,

Am/D:x57555, Cadd13:8x<10>9<10>x, C:8x<10>98x, Gsus4:3x5533,

G7(#5):xx3443, D6:<10>99777.

Intro riff (played over verse chords):

E: 7 - - 7 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - 7 - - 7 -

B: - 8 - - 8 - - -10 - -10 - - - 8 - - 8 - - -10 - -10

G: - - 7 - - - 7 - - 7 - - - - - - 9 - - - 7 - - 9 - -

1st Verse:

G(2nd octave) Bm7/F#

Remember last summer when we had the chance

to find each other start making romance

G(2nd octave) Bm7/F#

But it didn't come off so you found another

Without one hand of a clock what good is the other

1st Chorus:

Cadd13 C Cadd13 C Gsus4 G G7(#5) *

And I can't find no true love oh baby it's so hard

and I still think about you every time I'm ridin' in my car

* then add A then B as in: xx3443, xxx445, xxx447

2nd Verse...

2nd Chorus ;end on G instead of Am/D & D6

Aww when I'm home alone I can think of other things to do

but when I'm rollin in forward motion I think about only you

3rd Verse...

repeat 1st chorus; end on D, not D6

Solo: bend&release

E: - - - - -(7b8r7)- - - - slide - - - - - - - - - - - -

B: - - 7 8 10- - - - -7 8 10/12 10 - - 7 8 10/12 7/8 - -

G: 7 9 - - - - - - 7 9 - - - - - - 7 9 - - - - - - - 7/9

repeat 1st chorus

repeat intro riff

Notes: Arranged by NRBQ with contrasting chords for electric clavinet. To

reconcile for solo guitar, add D chord at last beat of verse, and instead

of Cadd13 to C in the chorus, try C6add9 (8x7755) to Cadd13 (875555). A

simplified arrangement for solo guitar accompaniment in the 1st octave

would be: Verse- G, Bm, Am7, Am/D (xx0210), G, Bm, Am7, Am/D to D (on last

beat), Chorus- C6add9 (x3x230), C, etc.