E Am E Am


[Verse 1]
   Am                                      G
We said we'd build a bridge for man in the land our fathers earned.
        F                                        E
And the wars we faught were smaller then but the bridges still got burned.
        F                                G
And the poor mans dreams got broken by a wheel he never turned
        E                        Am   G   F  E
We just.. took him along for the ride.


[Verse 2]
   Am                                       G
We said we'd save the best we found for the yearning in our minds.
       F                                          E
But we took what we called hallowed ground and we left the best behind
        F                  G
for the gold of California in another place to find
         E                      Am
And we.. all went along for the ride.


[Chorus]
     C                          G
Well America I love you and I'm glad you caught the train
        F                             E
but you left a lot of homeless people waiting in the rain
         F                                C
Hear the voices of the children when they cry
E                     Am   G   F   E
Take me along for the ride


[Verse 3]
   Am                               G
We said that we'd remember that the old folks still belong
        F                                E
and the twisted, and the broken, help to sing the battle song
        F                              G
and the place that we discovered was a dream they brought along
        E                        Am   G   F   E
and we.. took them along for the ride.


[verse 4]

   Am                                 G
We said we'd bould a better place, to live untile we die.
       F                                   E
with a shield against disaster, that would leave a man his pride
    F                                     G
but because we fear our neighbors we have lost it all and lied
        E                    Am
and we, all go along for the ride.


[Chorus]
     C                          G
Well America I love you and I'm glad you caught the train
        F                             E
but you left a lot of homeless people waiting in the rain
         F                                C
Hear the voices of the children when they cry
E                      Am
 Take me along for the ride


[Bridge]
Am     G   F    E    
C      G   F    E


[Solo]
E  D  E  A  A  
B  A  B  E  G 
A  B  C  A  C F
D#/E  D#/E   B  
C  D  D  C

  
A/B  G  D  
A#  A  A#  A  A#  A 
G  A  F     E  G  D   E

         F                                C    E
Hear the voices of the children when they cry
E                     Am
Take me along for the ride

[Outro]

E                     Am
Take me along for the ride
E                     Am
Take me along for the ride