Chords for Night Rider's Lament
Tempo:
131.3 bpm
Chords used:
B
A
E
Em
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] One night while I [A] was riding
The [E]
graveyard shift midnight [B] till dawn
[A] The moon was as bright as a [Em] reading light
[B] For a letter from an old friend [E] back home
[B] He [A] asked me, why [B] do you ride [E] for your money?
[A] Why do you [B] use rope for [E] short pay?
You [A] ain't getting [B] nowhere [E] and you're losing [A] your [C#m]
[F#m] share
You
[B] must have gone crazy [Em] out there
He said, last night I run on [A] to Jenny
She's [Em] married and she has a [B] good life
[A] Boy, you sure missed the track when [E] you never came back
[B] She's the perfect [E] professional's wife
She asked [A] me, why [B] does he ride [E] for his money?
[A] Why [B] does he rope for [E] short pay?
[A] He ain't getting [B] nowhere [E] and he's losing [A] his share
[F#m]
[B] They must have gone crazy [E] out there
[A] But they've never
[B] seen [E] the northern lights
[A] They've never seen [B] a hawk [Em] on the wing
[A] They've never [B] seen a spring [E] hit the great [A]
divide
[F#m]
[B] They've never heard old Camp [Em] Cookie sing
I read [B] up the rest of [A] my letter
And [Em] I tore off the stamp of Black [B] Jim
[A] Billy rode up to [E] relieve me
[B] He looked at my [C#] letter and [Em] grinned
He said,
[A] why do [B] we ride [E] for our money?
[A] Why do [B] we rope for [Em] short pay?
We [A] ain't getting [B] nowhere [E] and we're losing [A] our [F#m] share
[B] We all must be crazy [E] out here
[A] But they've never [B] seen [Em] the northern lights
[A] They've never [B] seen a hawk [Em] on the wing
[A] They've never seen [B] a spring hit the great [A]
[F#m] divide
[B] They've never heard old Camp [E] Cookie sing
[B]
[Bm]
[A]
[Em]
[B]
[E] [A]
[Em]
[B]
Yoddle-o-dee, [E] yoddle-o -dee
Ay [F#]-dee-yoddle-o [B]-dee
Ay-dee-yoddle -o [E] -dee
The [E]
graveyard shift midnight [B] till dawn
[A] The moon was as bright as a [Em] reading light
[B] For a letter from an old friend [E] back home
[B] He [A] asked me, why [B] do you ride [E] for your money?
[A] Why do you [B] use rope for [E] short pay?
You [A] ain't getting [B] nowhere [E] and you're losing [A] your [C#m]
[F#m] share
You
[B] must have gone crazy [Em] out there
He said, last night I run on [A] to Jenny
She's [Em] married and she has a [B] good life
[A] Boy, you sure missed the track when [E] you never came back
[B] She's the perfect [E] professional's wife
She asked [A] me, why [B] does he ride [E] for his money?
[A] Why [B] does he rope for [E] short pay?
[A] He ain't getting [B] nowhere [E] and he's losing [A] his share
[F#m]
[B] They must have gone crazy [E] out there
[A] But they've never
[B] seen [E] the northern lights
[A] They've never seen [B] a hawk [Em] on the wing
[A] They've never [B] seen a spring [E] hit the great [A]
divide
[F#m]
[B] They've never heard old Camp [Em] Cookie sing
I read [B] up the rest of [A] my letter
And [Em] I tore off the stamp of Black [B] Jim
[A] Billy rode up to [E] relieve me
[B] He looked at my [C#] letter and [Em] grinned
He said,
[A] why do [B] we ride [E] for our money?
[A] Why do [B] we rope for [Em] short pay?
We [A] ain't getting [B] nowhere [E] and we're losing [A] our [F#m] share
[B] We all must be crazy [E] out here
[A] But they've never [B] seen [Em] the northern lights
[A] They've never [B] seen a hawk [Em] on the wing
[A] They've never seen [B] a spring hit the great [A]
[F#m] divide
[B] They've never heard old Camp [E] Cookie sing
[B]
[Bm]
[A]
[Em]
[B]
[E] [A]
[Em]
[B]
Yoddle-o-dee, [E] yoddle-o -dee
Ay [F#]-dee-yoddle-o [B]-dee
Ay-dee-yoddle -o [E] -dee
Key:
B
A
E
Em
F#m
B
A
E
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] One night while I [A] was riding
_ The _ [E] _
graveyard shift midnight [B] till dawn
_ _ _ [A] The moon was as bright as a [Em] reading light
_ _ [B] For a letter from an old friend [E] back home _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] He [A] asked me, why [B] do you ride [E] for your money?
_ _ _ [A] _ Why do you [B] use rope for [E] short pay?
You _ [A] ain't getting [B] nowhere [E] and you're losing [A] your _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[F#m] share
You _ _
[B] _ must have gone crazy [Em] out there _ _ _
_ _ _ _ He said, last night I run on [A] to Jenny _ _ _
She's [Em] married and she has a [B] good life _ _ _
[A] Boy, you sure missed the track when [E] you never came back
[B] She's the perfect _ _ _ [E] professional's wife _ _ _
_ _ _ She asked [A] me, why [B] does he ride [E] for his money? _ _ _ _
[A] Why [B] does he rope for [E] short pay? _ _
[A] He ain't getting [B] nowhere [E] and he's losing [A] his _ share
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [B] They must have gone crazy [E] out there
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] But they've never _
[B] seen [E] the northern lights
[A] They've never seen [B] a hawk [Em] on the wing _
_ [A] They've never [B] seen a spring [E] hit the great [A] _
_ _ _ divide
[F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [B] They've never heard old Camp [Em] Cookie sing _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I read [B] up the rest of [A] my letter
And _ [Em] I tore off the stamp of Black [B] Jim _ _ _ _ _
[A] Billy rode up to [E] relieve me _ _
[B] He looked at my [C#] letter and [Em] grinned _ _ _
_ _ He said, _
[A] why do [B] we ride [E] for our money? _ _ _ _
[A] Why do [B] we rope for [Em] short pay?
_ _ We [A] ain't getting _ [B] nowhere [E] and we're losing [A] our _ _ _ _ [F#m] share _ _
_ _ [B] We all must be crazy [E] out here
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] But they've never [B] seen _ [Em] the northern lights
[A] They've never [B] seen a hawk [Em] on the wing
_ _ [A] They've never seen [B] a spring hit the great [A] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] divide _ _ _ _ _
[B] They've never heard old Camp [E] Cookie sing
_ [B] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
Yoddle-o-dee, [E] yoddle-o _ _ _ -dee _
_ Ay [F#]-dee-yoddle-o _ _ _ [B]-dee
Ay-dee-yoddle _ _ -o [E] _ -dee _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] One night while I [A] was riding
_ The _ [E] _
graveyard shift midnight [B] till dawn
_ _ _ [A] The moon was as bright as a [Em] reading light
_ _ [B] For a letter from an old friend [E] back home _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] He [A] asked me, why [B] do you ride [E] for your money?
_ _ _ [A] _ Why do you [B] use rope for [E] short pay?
You _ [A] ain't getting [B] nowhere [E] and you're losing [A] your _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[F#m] share
You _ _
[B] _ must have gone crazy [Em] out there _ _ _
_ _ _ _ He said, last night I run on [A] to Jenny _ _ _
She's [Em] married and she has a [B] good life _ _ _
[A] Boy, you sure missed the track when [E] you never came back
[B] She's the perfect _ _ _ [E] professional's wife _ _ _
_ _ _ She asked [A] me, why [B] does he ride [E] for his money? _ _ _ _
[A] Why [B] does he rope for [E] short pay? _ _
[A] He ain't getting [B] nowhere [E] and he's losing [A] his _ share
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [B] They must have gone crazy [E] out there
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] But they've never _
[B] seen [E] the northern lights
[A] They've never seen [B] a hawk [Em] on the wing _
_ [A] They've never [B] seen a spring [E] hit the great [A] _
_ _ _ divide
[F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [B] They've never heard old Camp [Em] Cookie sing _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I read [B] up the rest of [A] my letter
And _ [Em] I tore off the stamp of Black [B] Jim _ _ _ _ _
[A] Billy rode up to [E] relieve me _ _
[B] He looked at my [C#] letter and [Em] grinned _ _ _
_ _ He said, _
[A] why do [B] we ride [E] for our money? _ _ _ _
[A] Why do [B] we rope for [Em] short pay?
_ _ We [A] ain't getting _ [B] nowhere [E] and we're losing [A] our _ _ _ _ [F#m] share _ _
_ _ [B] We all must be crazy [E] out here
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] But they've never [B] seen _ [Em] the northern lights
[A] They've never [B] seen a hawk [Em] on the wing
_ _ [A] They've never seen [B] a spring hit the great [A] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] divide _ _ _ _ _
[B] They've never heard old Camp [E] Cookie sing
_ [B] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
Yoddle-o-dee, [E] yoddle-o _ _ _ -dee _
_ Ay [F#]-dee-yoddle-o _ _ _ [B]-dee
Ay-dee-yoddle _ _ -o [E] _ -dee _
_ _ _ _ _ _
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