intro:   Am     G       F                   F       C       F
        -5-5---10-10----8-------------------8--8----8--8----8-----------------
        -5-5---12-12---10------------------10-10----8--8---10-----------------
        -5-5---12-12---10-10-12-10-12-10---10-10----9--9---10-10-12-10-12-10--
        -7-7---12-12---10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10---10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10--
        -7-7---10-10----8--8--8--8--8--8----8--8---10-10----8--8--8--8--8--8--
        -5-5---10-10----8-------------------8--8----8--8----8-----------------

play intro riff 2x and continue throughout the verse:

    Am      G      F                  F     C  F
He took a Smith & Wesson down to the corner
                    Am  G  F   F  C  F
and then he took a ride
Am      G   F                F   C  F
he got out somewhere in Los Feliz
                Am  G  F    F  C  F
in the evening time
    Am       G        F                      F  C  F
he rang her bell and pushed her through the door
             Am  G  F    F  C  F
and onto the bed
Am       G       F               F     C  F
he took time to talk to her copulating
              Am  G  F           F C F
a gun to her head .....and it was hot


                Em
        Oh, he rides
         F  Em                  F                 Em
        he rides between the straits of love and hate
               F                 Em
        the straits of love and love
               D              G
        the straits of love abused
           A (4 times)
        tonight


Come around midnight
they are laughing and they are playing games
one bullet in the chamber
and spinning 'round in circles to its aim
but nothing ever happens
so they get drunk all the weekend
one hungover dirty Sunday morning they fight
and then it starts again ..... and he's gone


        Oh, he rides
        he rides between the straits of love and hate
        the straits of love and love
        the straits of love abused
        tonight


instrumental = intro


the next first four lines only with bass + drums, just a short guitar lick after each second line, then on
the last four lines the guitar plays low, but with a fast r&r-like rhythm: 

He was working at the docks, when he found out
she took another man
he left his job and caught a ride and decided
to take a stand
he put his iron between her legs and told her
to love him again
she threw her arms around him and then it started
all over again ..... and it was fine


        Oh, he rides
        he rides between the straits of love and hate
        the straits of love and love
        the straits of love abused
        tonight


        Oh, he rides
        he rides between the straits of love and hate
        the straits of love and love
        the straits of love abused
        tonight


end:    Am  G  F