Matthew Wilder (born Matthew Weiner on January 24, 1953 in Manhattan, New York City) is an American musician best known for his 1983 hit "Break My Stride".
Wilder was one-half of the Greenwich Village folk group Matthew & Peter in the 1970s. In 1978 he moved to Los Angeles and sang for television commercials and backup for Rickie Lee Jones and Bette Midler.
Wilder's first album, I Don't Speak the Language (1983), reached number 49 on the Billboard chart, fueled by "Break My Stride", which reached number 5 on the singles chart.
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Intro: Gm
GmDF#mE Last night I had the strangest dream, I sailed away to China, in a little rowboat to find ya GmDF#m And you said you had to get your laundry clean, didn’t want no one to hold you E What does that mean? and you said
AD - EC#mF#m -E - Bm7 Ain’t nothing gonna break my stride, nobody gonna slow me down, oh, no C#m7 I’ve got to keep on moving AD - EC#mF#m - E - Bm7 Ain’t nothing gonna break my stride, I'm runnin and I won’t touch ground, oh, no C#m7 I’ve got to keep on moving
GmD You’re on a roll and now you pray it lasts F#mE The road behind was rocky, but now you’re feeling cocky GmD You look at me and you see your past F#mE Is this the reason why you’re runnin’ so fast? and she said
AD - EC#mF#m -E - Bm7 Ain’t nothing gonna break my stride, nobody gonna slow me down, oh, no C#m7 I’ve got to keep on moving AD - EC#mF#m - E - Bm7 Ain’t nothing gonna break my stride, I'm runnin and I won’t touch ground, oh, no C#m7 I’ve got to keep on moving
Solo: GmDF#mEGmDF#mE
Am7DAm7D Never let another girl like you, work me over, never let another girl like you, drag me under Bm7E If I ever meet another girl like you, I will tell her Bm7EF# Never want another girl like you have to say, oh
BE - F#D#mG#m -F#-C#m7 Ain’t nothing gonna break my stride, nobody gonna slow me down, oh, no D#m7 I’ve got to keep on moving BE - F#D#mG#m - F# - C#m7 Ain’t nothing gonna break my stride, I'm runnin and I won’t touch ground, oh, no D#m7 I’ve got to keep on moving BE - F#D#mG#m -F#-C#m7 Ain’t nothing gonna break my stride, nobody gonna slow me down, oh, no D#m7 I’ve got to keep on moving BE - F#D#mG#m - F# - C#m7 Ain’t nothing gonna break my stride, I'm runnin and I won’t touch ground, oh, no D#m7 I’ve got to keep on moving