Riding Out The Storm by Rodney Crowell Guitar Chords

Riding Out The Storm by Rodney Crowell Guitar Chords

D
The New York City winter comes in cold grey sheets of steel,
  F#m
A numbness in his hands and feet is all that he can feel.
G           A7             D
Alcohol and sterno turns a doorway to a bed
                                              A             Bm
And the ghost of who he might have been lives on inside his head.

     D
In a canyon made of brownstone on a sidewalk icy black
   F#m
He wanders nearly barefoot with his righteousness intact.
  G           A7            D
A man of many mansions in a cardboard box replete,
                                             A                 Bm
And he lies sleeping with an angel while his heart pretends to beat.

        G
Ah, the wind blows down on Lonely Street like an ice pick through the air
          Bm
Midst the Sunday Times and the coffee grinds and the winos in Times Square.
G                                   D
Five flights up on Easy Street, you know she's safe and warm,
                                               A              Bm
And way down low ?neath a foot of snow he's a- riding out the storm.

  D
I offered him my winter coat, politely he refused,
        F#m
Like an educated man he spoke with words I seldom use.
   G                 A7              D
He said I don't need pity, for these choices are my own.
                                         A               Bm
He bowed his head just slightly and then quietly moved a long.

        G
Ah, the wind blows down on Lonely Street like an ice pick through the air
          Bm
Midst the Sunday Times and the coffee grinds and the winos in Times Square.
G                                   D
Five flights up on Easy Street, you know she's safe and warm,
                                               A              Bm
And way down low ?neath a foot of snow he's a- riding out the storm.
G Bm G Bm


           D
Well, it?s not like he's a victim of this homeless life he stalks,
    F#m
Nor helpless to get back across the fine line that he walks.
G              A7                 D
Riding out the storm means yester day's already spent,
                                      A           Bm
Tomorrow don't mean nothing, it won't even make a dent.

        G
Ah, the wind blows down on Lonely Street like an ice pick through the air
          Bm
Midst the Sunday Times and the coffee grinds and the winos in Times Square.
G                                   D
Five flights up on Easy Street, you know she's safe and warm,
                                               A              Bm
And way down low ?neath a foot of snow he's a- riding out the storm.

D A D                                            Bm
- Riding out, riding out, riding out, ooo-ooo- ooo.
D A D                                            Bm
- Riding out, riding out, riding out, ooo-ooo- ooo.
D A D                                            Bm
- Riding out, riding out, riding out, ooo-ooo- ooo.
D A D                                            Bm
- Riding out, riding out, riding out, ooo-ooo- ooo.
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