Am7CGF Well, I met him in Minnesota he was dark and overcast Am7C with long grey hair and eyes that stared G through me like I was glass FAm7 I asked, where are you going to? GF He said, I'm the wind, I'm just blowin' through Am7CG Then he lit up a cigarette and began to talk Am7C See the doctors told me that my body won't hold me GF My lungs are turning black Am7C Been Lucky Strike's fool since I was at school G Now there ain't no turning back FAm7GF They can't tell me how long I've got, maybe months, but maybe not Am7CG So I'm taking this bike and riding to New York DmAm7G 'Cause I wanna see my grand-daughter one last time DmAm7 Want to hold her close and feel her tiny CG Heartbeat next to mine DmAm7 Wanna see my son and the man he's become CG Tell him I'm sorry for the things I've done FAm7G And I'd do it if I had to walk FGAm7 Oh, I'm taking this bike and riding to New York Am7CGF Through the forests of Wisconsin, that I knew as a boy Am7CG Past the skyline of Chicago, 'round the lakes of Illinois FAm7 I lay my head in a motel bed GF When my back get sore and my eyes turn red Am7CG And listen to the trucks roll past my door Am7CGAm7 Through the fields of Ohio as the sunshine paints them gold Am7CG I'll run just like a river runs, rapid, quick and cold FAm7GF Fly through Pennsylvania and the Jersey turn-pike tolls Am7CG I won't stop 'til I get to New York DmAm7G 'Cause I wanna see my grand-son one last time DmAm7CG Wanna see his eyes sparkling and stare back into mine DmAm7 Now my time is short, I wanna see my daughter CG Tell her I'm sorry for the things I taught her FAm7G And I'd do it if I had to walk FGAm7 Oh, I'm taking this bike and I'm riding to New York DmAm7G And I'd go up to the churchyard one last time DmAm7 Lay flowers down for the woman who gave me CG The best years of my life FAm7G And I'd do it if I had to walk FAm7G Yeah, I'd do it if I had to walk FGAm7 I'm taking this bike and riding to New York