AmCGF Well, I met him in Minnesota he was dark and overcast AmC with long grey hair and eyes that stared G through me like I was glass FAm I asked, where are you going to? GF He said, I'm the wind, I'm just blowin' through AmCG Then he lit up a cigarette and began to talk AmC See the doctors told me that my body won't hold me GF My lungs are turning black AmC Been Lucky Strike's fool since I was at school G Now there ain't no turning back FAmGF They can't tell me how long I've got, maybe months, but maybe not AmCG So I'm taking this bike and riding to New York DmAmG 'Cause I wanna see my grand-daughter one last time DmAm Want to hold her close and feel her tiny CG Heartbeat next to mine DmAm Wanna see my son and the man he's become CG Tell him I'm sorry for the things I've done FAmG And I'd do it if I had to walk FGAm Oh, I'm taking this bike and riding to New York AmCGF Through the forests of Wisconsin, that I knew as a boy AmCG Past the skyline of Chicago, 'round the lakes of Illinois FAm I lay my head in a motel bed GF When my back get sore and my eyes turn red AmCG And listen to the trucks roll past my door AmCGAm Through the fields of Ohio as the sunshine paints them gold AmCG I'll run just like a river runs, rapid, quick and cold FAmGF Fly through Pennsylvania and the Jersey turn-pike tolls AmCG I won't stop 'til I get to New York DmAmG 'Cause I wanna see my grand-son one last time DmAmCG Wanna see his eyes sparkling and stare back into mine DmAm Now my time is short, I wanna see my daughter CG Tell her I'm sorry for the things I taught her FAmG And I'd do it if I had to walk FGAm Oh, I'm taking this bike and I'm riding to New York DmAmG And I'd go up to the churchyard one last time DmAm Lay flowers down for the woman who gave me CG The best years of my life FAmG And I'd do it if I had to walk FAmG Yeah, I'd do it if I had to walk FGAm I'm taking this bike and riding to New York