Ride Your Pony:Lee Dorsey.
#7 R&B, and #28 on BB Hot 100
on AMY Records in 1965.
***(Dance craze at that time was The Pony.)***
INTRO: G Ab Db Eb
CHORUS:
Eb
(Ride your pony) get on your pony and ride..
Gb Db
all right! Hey, hey!
Db Ab Eb
(Ride your pony) get on your pony and ride..
ah, you're ridin' high!..Now, stay beside me.
Ab Eb
(We're gonna ride!)
#1.
Eb
Way out west where the grass is green..
Eb
(Ride) California, you know what I mean.
Eb
(Ride) New York City and Detroit, too.
Bb Eb
(Ride) on to New Orleans, the home of the blues.
CHORUS:
Eb
(Ride your pony) get on your pony and ride..
Gb Db
all right! Hey, hey!
Db Ab Eb
(Ride your pony) get on your pony and ride..
ah, you're ridin' high!..
#2.
Eb
(Draw your pistol, yeah!) now, get ready!
Ab Eb Db
Now, shoot! (bang) shoot! (bang) shoot! (bang!)
CHORUS:
Eb
(Ride your pony) get on your pony and ride..
Gb Db
all right! Hey, hey!
Db Ab Eb
(Ride your pony) get on your pony and ride..
ah, you're ridin' high!..
#2.
Eb Bb Eb
(We're gonna ride) to St. Louis where the girls
are pretty.
Eb
(Ride) Atlanta, GA, what a swingin' city.
Eb
(Ride) Got to mention Chicago, that's for sure.
Eb Ab Eb
(Ride) Move on, to Baltimore.
CHORUS:
Eb
(Ride your pony) get on your pony and ride..
Gb Db
all right! Hey, hey!
Db Ab Eb
(Ride your pony) get on your pony and ride..
Db Eb
ah, you're ridin' high!..
#3.
#2.
Eb
(Draw your pistol, yeah!) now, get ready!
Ab Eb Db
Now, shoot! (bang) shoot! (bang) shoot! (bang!)
OUTRO:
Eb
(Ride, ride)..alright, now, stay in the saddle.
stay in the saddle.
Ab
(Ride, ride)..alright, let me hear you..
Eb
(ride, ride)..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.