Some People Ride The Wave

Intro: 
           
E   A   B  x2 

     E                       A 
Some people ride the wave of generosity 

     B                       E 
Some people ride the wave of mediocrity 

E                     A 
Me I ride the wave of never gonna drown 

B                E 
Oh just fooling around 


    E 
Now I gots the balloons 

    A 
And you you gots the mud 

    B 
And me I gots the snail 

    E 
And you you gots the stuff 

     E                           A 
Well you got so much more than I figure was in store 

   B                 E 
Oh I ain't foolin no more 


         E                          A 
Now some people ride the cat when asleep or when awake 

     B                     E 
Some people ride a cat for riding a cat's sake 

E                            A 
Me I ride this cat cause its claws have got my eyes 

     B                          E 
I'll get 'em back in a few more tries 

        B                          E 
Oh I'll get 'em back in a few more tries 


     E                           A 
Some people write the books that tenderize their names 

     B                           E 
Some people write the books that bastardize our claims 

E                         A 
Me I ride the book that's sifting in the sand 

B                      E 
Aw, some day I'll understand 

B                      E 
Aw, some day I'll understand 

      
     E                           A 
Some people write the songs that stay inside our souls 

     B                           E 
Some people write the songs that really ain't songs at all 

E                       A 
Me I ride the song that ends right when it starts 

        B                 E 
They'll split before they part 

           B                 E 
Oh they'll split before they part