Goin' For A Ride - Sesame Street
Written by: Jeff Moss
Performed by: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and Caroll Spinney on Sesame Street in 1969
Tabbed by: dSoup
Standard Tuning
Well, I'm all set and I'm going for a ride! Hey, see if you can guess what I'll be driving in, okay?
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D
And I'm going for a ride
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Gonna sit behind the wheel
D
Gonna drive along the road
G
Oh how happy I will feel
C
And I'm gonna toot my horn (toot, toot)
G
Gonna travel near and far
D
Yes, I'm going for a ride
G
Going riding in a car
G C D G
D
And a car goes (boop beep, beep boop)
G
And a car goes (beep boop, beep boop)
D
Gonna travel near and far
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Going riding in a car
G C D G
Hey, I'm going for a ride too, but not in an old car
D
Oh I'm going for a ride
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And I'm never coming back
D
Gonna be an engineer
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Gonna speed along the track
C
And you'll hear my whistle blow (woo, woo)
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And I'm happy to explain
D
That I'm going for a ride
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Going riding on a train
G C D G
D
And a train goes (woo woo, woo woo)
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And a train goes (woo woo, woo woo)
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And I'm happy to explain
G
I'm going riding in a train
G C D G
Hey, I'm going for a ride too, but not a train or a car
D
Oh I'm going for a ride
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Gonna sail the ocean blue
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And I'm gonna be a captain
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And I'm gonna have a crew
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Gonna sail the seven seas
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On the water I will float
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Cause I'm going for a ride
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Going riding in a boat (toot, toot)
G C D G
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And a boat goes (toot toot, toot toot)
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And a boat goes (toot toot, toot toot)
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On the water I will float
G
Going riding in a boat
D
Yes, we're going for a ride (beep)
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Yes, we're going for a ride (woo woo, woo woo)
D
Yes, we're going for a ride (toot, toot)
G
Yes, we're going for a ride
Oh what are you doing? Watch where you're driving this thing! Oh, help I'm sinking!