Fmaj7                 Am7          G5                    Fmaj7
E|-------------0-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-----------1--------1-1h3-----3---1--------1p0---------------------|
G|-0h2-------2------------0-----------0--------0h2-------2p0-0---------------|
D|-----3-------3-----2------2-------0--------------3-------------------------|
A|----------------0-----0----------------------------------------------------|
E|-1-------1--------------------3-------3------1-----------------------------|

   Am7            C              G5
E|---------0h3-----3p0-------------------------0-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------1-----1h3---3-------3-------3-1p0---------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0-----0-------------0-------0---------2p0-----------|
D|-----2-------2-------2---2-----2-----0-------0-------0---------------------|
A|-0-------0-------3---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------------------------|

   Fmaj7                  Am7            G5             Fmaj7
E|---------3p0---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1---------------1-1h3-----3---1---------1-------1-------1---|
G|-0h2-----------------------0-----------0---------0h2-------2-------2-------|
D|-----3-------3-------2-------2-------0---------------3-------3-------3-----|
A|-----------------0-------0-------------------------------------------------|
E|-1-------1-----------------------3-------3-------1-------1-------1---------|


[Verse]

        Am7              C           G               F
Well, I met him in Minnesota. He was dark and overcast,
     Am7                 C
with long grey hair and eyes that stared
G
through me like I was glass.
F                       Am7
I asked, "Where are you going to?"
   G                             F
He said, "I'm the wind, I'm just blowin' through".
     Am7                     C              G*
Then he lit up a cigarette and began to talk:
         Am7                    C
"See the doctors told me that my body won't hold me,
   G                      F
my lungs are turning black.
     Am7                        C
Been Lucky Strike's fool since I was at school,
           G
now there ain't no turning back.
     F                 Am7            G                         F
They can't tell me how long I've got, maybe months, but maybe not.
       Am7                  C                 G
So I'm taking this bike and riding to New York.


[Chorus]

         Dm                Am7                  G
'Cause I wanna see my grand-daughter one last time
        Dm                 Am7
Want to hold her close and feel her tiny
C                    G
Heartbeat next to mine
      Dm                   Am7
Wanna see my son and the man he's become
C                           G
Tell him I'm sorry for the things I've done
        F                   Am7   G
And I'd do it if I had to walk
        F                    G                  Am7*
Oh, I'm taking this bike and riding to New York

*:
E|-----------------0------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1---------1-----------1-----1h3-----3---1---------1p0--------------|
G|-----------0-----------0-------0-------0---------0h2------2p0-----------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------3-------2----------|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------1----------------------|

E|---------0h3-----3p0----------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------1-----1h3---3---1-----0---------0------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0---------------0-------0-------0--------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0----------|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3--------------|


[Verse]

            Am7            C           G             F
Through the forests of Wisconsin, that I knew as a boy
           Am7          C                G
Past the skyline of Chicago, 'round the lakes of Illinois
F                  Am7
I lay my head in a motel bed
         G                       F
When my back get sore and my eyes turn red
    Am7                C              G
And listen to the trucks roll past my door
             Am7         C         G                    Am7
Through the fields of Ohio as the sunshine paints them gold
     Am7             C           G
I'll run just like a river runs, rapid, quick and cold
F                   Am7           G               F
Fly through Pennsylvania and the Jersey turn-pike tolls
Am7               C             G
I won't stop 'til I get to New York


[Chorus]

         Dm             Am7              G
'Cause I wanna see my grand-son one last time
      Dm             Am7          C              G
Wanna see his eyes sparkling and stare back into mine
       Dm                      Am7
Now my time is short, I wanna see my daughter
C                              G
Tell her I'm sorry for the things I taught her
        F                   Am7     G
And I'd do it if I had to walk
        F                        G                Am7
Oh, I'm taking this bike and I'm riding to New York


E|-----------------3p0-------------3-------5-------0----------------------|
B|-----1---------1-----------1-------------------------------1------------|
G|-----------0-----------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0--------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------2-------2----------|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3-----------------------0-------0--------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3------------------------------|


E|-0---------------0------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------1-------------3p1-----0---------1-----0-------1p0------------|
G|-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0----2p0---------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0------------------|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3--------------|


E|----------3p0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------1-------1-----1-----1-----1h3-----1---0---------1-------1-----1---------1-|
G|-0h2---------------------------0-------0---------0p2-------2---------------2-----|
D|-----3-------3-------2-------2-------0-------0-------3-------3-------3-------3---|
A|-----------------0-------0-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-1-------1-----------------------3-------3-------1-------1-------1-------1-------|


[Outro]

        Dm            Am7                G
And I'd go up to the churchyard one last time
    Dm                     Am7
Lay flowers down for the woman who gave me
    C                  G
The best years of my life
        F                  Am7    G
And I'd do it if I had to walk
          F                  Am7    G
Yeah, I'd do it if I had to walk
    F                    G                 Am7(with pinky on 1st string 5ft fret)
I'm taking this bike and riding to New York

 

Now, if you've played a couple of Mr. Rosenberg's songs before, his type of finger-picking
should be known to you, but to make it easier for those of you who are not familiar with it,
I've made a tab of the picking-pattern in the verse. This is actually how Mike plays half(if not
most) of his songs:

Picking pattern (verse)
   Am7            C              G              Fmaj7
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----1---------1-----1---------1-----0---------0-----1---------1-----------|
G|-----------0---------------0---------------0---------------2---------------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------3-------3-------------|
A|-0-------0-------3-------3-------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------1-------1-----------------|

On some of the G's that span two tact-strokes (listen to the video to figure out which) goes
like this:
   G*
E|---------------------------------|
B|-----0h1------1p0---0---------0--|
G|-----------0--------------0------|
D|-----0h2-----2------0-------0----|
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3-------3------3-------3--------|