ride the tiger
dragon fly, 1974
lyrics: byong yu, grace slick, paul kantner
music: paul kantner
in a minor
lead guitar solo in a minor
G Am C D
I want to ride the tiger
I want to ride the tiger
It will be black and white in the dead of night
Eyes flashing in the clear moonlight
I want to ride the tiger.
Dm
It's like a tear in the hands of a western man
C
He'll tell you about
Am G
salt carbon and water
Dm
But a tear to a chinese man
C Em Am
He'll tell you about sadness and sorrow of
G F G A
a love of a man and a woman
G Am C D
I want to ride the tiger
I want to sail through the risin' sun for you and you
We got something to learn from the other side
Something to give, we got nothing to hide
I want to ride the tiger.
C Bb
C
Black wants out of the streets
Bb
Yellow wants the country
G
Red wants the country back
C (Am) D
And white wants out of this world
Bb F F G
Sing - sing to the sky
G Am C D
I want to ride the tiger
I want to ride the tiger.
Look to the summer of seventy-five
All the world is gonna come alive
Do you want to ride the tiger?
Dm
It's like a tear in the hands of a western man
C
He'll tell you about
Am G
salt carbon and water
Dm
But a tear to an oriental man
C Em Am
He'll tell you about sadness and sorrow of
G F G A
a love of a man and a woman
a special thanks to paul kantner for the chords to this one.
