Riding 219 Listen To The Pirates
Drop D & Nashville tuning
Verses (repeat pattern)
[D] Riding 219 [Bm] listen to the Pirates [G] lose
[Bm] Mom’s working in the [A] shoe factory
[Bm] Dad’s welding in the [D] B&O locomotive yard
Chorus 1
[A] I’m playing [G] wiffle ball
[A] One-on-one with [E] Joe in the soft grass
[A] Rightfield is out and its [G] almost fall
[A] Baseball’s gonna save us [D] until this has passed
Riding 219 listen to the Pirates win
Mom’s selling Avon
Dad’s laid off from the B&O locomotive yard
Chorus 2
We go to the kingdom hall
Wait for god to save us all
Grandma and grandpa are there
Sayin god’s gonna save us if we follow the rituals
Riding 219 listen to the pirates lose again
Mom’s waitressing in the Holiday Inn
Dad’s called back to the B&O locomotive yard
Three months later he’s laid off again
Chorus 3
We’re moving to Florida
There’s more jobs to save us all
Grandma and grandpa are there
They tell me the Pirates play spring training there
Outro
and the grass grows tall, in Florida, past where 219 ends, riding
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