Chords for Nanci Griffith-Other Voices|Other Rooms-Pt 11 - Night Rider's Lament

[Gm] This is the definitive campfire folk song.
[E] It was written by a gentleman named Michael Burton.
And we'd like to invite out onto the stage a gentleman who came and [N] joined us in the studio when we made this album.
The finest cowboy singer and yodeler in the world.
Mr.
Don Edwards, come join us. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Michael Burton's song with Nightrider's [G] lament. _ _ _ _ _
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As I was _ [D] [C] out a _ -ridin'
_ _ [G] The graveyard shift [D] midnight till dawn _ _
_ [C] The moon was bright [G] as a reading light
[D] For a letter from an old friend [G] back home
And he asked [C] me, why do [D] you ride [G] for your money? _ _ _
[C] And why do [D] you walk a [G] short _ pace?
_ You [C] ain't gettin' _
[D] nowhere [G] and you're usin' [C] your _ [G] share
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_ _ [D] Oh, you must have gone crazy [G] out there
_ _ He said, last night I ran [C] into Jenny
_ Well, [G] _ they've married and had a good [D] _ life _ _
[C] Oh, you sure missed the track when [G] you never came back
They [D] made the perfect pro-fish in [G] old life
She [Am] [G] asked [C] me, why do you [D]
ride [G] for your money? _ _ _
[C] And why do [D] you walk a [G] short pace?
_ _ You [C] ain't gettin' _
[D] nowhere [G] and you're usin' [C] your _ [G] share
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_ Oh, [D] you must have gone crazy [G] out _ there
_ But [C] they've never [D] _ seen [G] the _ northern lights
[C] They've never seen [D] a hawk [G] on the wing _ _
[C] They've never seen the [D] spring [G] hit the great [C] divide
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ And [D] they've never heard old Pam [G] Cookette sing
_ _ [C] Ha-da-da-da _ _ _ [G]-da-da-da-da _ _ _ [D]-da
Oh, ha-da-da _ [G]-da-da-da-da
Ya-da-da-da-da-da-da
[C] Ha-ha _ _ [G]-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha [D]-ha-ha-ha-ha
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_ Well, I read up the last of [C] my letter
_ _ _ And [G] the two wrong stamps reflect [D] him
_ _ _ [C] Well, little Dougie rode up [G] to relief lane _
He [D] just looked at my letter [G] and grin.
_ He asked me [C] why do they [D] ride [G] for the money? _
_ _ _ [C] Why do [D] they row up the [G] shore plain?
_ _ They [C] ain't getting [D] nowhere having [G] to get [C] their _ share.
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_ _ _ _ Oh [D] they all must be crazy [G] out _ there.
_ [C] Cause they've never _ [D] _
seen [G] the _ northern lights.
[C] They've never seen [D] a hawk [G] on the wing.
_ _ _ [C] They've never seen the [D] spring [G] hit the great _ [C] _
divide.
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ And [D] they've never heard old Camp [G] Cookett sing.
Tell them Cookie!
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ fields
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_ _ Mr _ _ _ _
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_ _ [N] _ Don Edwards _ _
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