Author's Note - From "All the Young Dudes" 1972 - https://youtu.be/ZUpyM9ioOdM


[Intro]
C E5 F5 G


[Verse 1]
C              Am  Em             G
 On morning shadows, you were ill-spent
 D                G    C                  F
 "It's time", you said, or is it time you went
C                   Am       Em           G
 I tried so hard to leave you, I tried to sleep
D              G         C      Em            F          D/F# G
 The hours you keep. Oh, Lord I wish I could escape this iron veil


[Chorus]
F           C  F            C  F        G       C   Am Em G
 Ride on my son. Ride on my son. Ride until you fail


[Verse 2]
C               Am   Em         G
 Something comes, and something goes
D              G   C           F
 And something dies, before it grows
C                   Am   Em              G
 And I'm like a sea diver, who's lost in space
D             G          C      Em            F          D/F# G
Sweet, savage Grace. Oh, Lord I wish I could escape this iron veil


[Chorus]
F           C  F             C  F        G       C   Am Em G
 Ride on my son. Right on my son. Ride until you fail


[Outro]
C F D/F# G G#5 Am
C F G C