David Ball Riding With Private Malone

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Private Malone

David Ball

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	I was just out of the service thumbin' through the classifieds

	C
When an	ad that said old Chevy somehow caught my eye

	G
	The Lady didn't know the year or even if it ran

	C	D	G
but I	had that thousand d	ollars in my h	and.

	G
	It was way back in the corner of this old ramshackle barn

	C
With t	hirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp

	D	C
and	when I pulled the cover off, It t	ook away my breath

	D
what she called a Chevy was a '6	6 Corvette.

	C	D
And	I felt a little guilty as	I counted out the bills

	G	C	D
but	what a thrill I got, when I	sat behind the w	heel.

	G
	I opened up the glove box and that's when I found the note

	C	D	G
The d	ate was 1966 t	his is what he w	rote:

CHORUS:

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He said my n	ame is P	rivate A	ndrew M	alone

	G	D	C	D
and if y	ou're reading	this then I	didn't make it	home

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But for e	very dream that's	shattered,	another one comes	true

	C	D
this c	ar was once a dream of mine,	now it belongs to you

	G	D	C	D
and th	ough you may t	ake her and m	ake her your o	wn

	G	D	C	D	G
	You'll always be	rid-i	ng with P	rivate M	alone.

Verse: 2

	G
	Well it didn't take me long, I had her running good

	C
I loved	to hear those horses thunder underneath her hood.

	G
	I had her shining like a diamond and I'd put the ragtop down

	C	D	G
All th	e pretty girls woul	d stop and sta	re as I drove her through town

	G
	The buttons on the radio didn't seem to work quite right,
	C
Bu	t it picked up that oldies show, especially late at night

	D	C
S	ometimes I thought that if I'd tu	rn real quick I'd see,

	D
A soldier riding shotgun, in the	seat right next to me.

Chorus:

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It was a you	ng man n	amed Pri	vate An	drew Malone

	G	D	C	D
Who foug	ht for his cou	ntry and n	ever made it h	ome

	G	D	C	D
But for e	very dream that's	shattered,	another one comes	true

	C	D
this c	ar was once a dream of his, b	ack when it was new

	G	D	C	D
and he	told me to ta	ke her and m	ake her my o	wn

	G	D	C	D	G
	And I was proud to be r	id-i	ng with P	rivate M	alone

Verse: 3

	C	D
	One night it was rainin' hard and I	took the curve to fast

	G	C	D
	I still don't remember much	about that fiery	crash

	G
	Someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out

	C	D	G
they di	dn't get his name, but I	know without a d	oubt...

Chorus:

	G	D	C	D
It was a you	ng man n	amed Pri	vate An	drew Malone

	G	D	C	D
Who foug	ht for his cou	ntry and n	ever made it h	ome

	G	D	C	D
But for e	very dream that's	shattered,	another one comes	true

	C	D
this c	ar was once a dream of his, b	ack when it was new

	G	D	C	D
And I	know I wouldn'	t be here if	he hadn't t	agged along

	G	D	C	D	G
	Oh, Thank-God I was	rid-i	ng with Pr	ivate M	alone