Chords for Randy Newman with Ry Cooder
Tempo:
136.1 bpm
Chords used:
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C
F
Dm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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I'm gonna piss [Cm] off a black widow.
[Ab]
[G]
Hmm?
[D]
[G] told you you'd make it to the big time you stuck with me back in the old days.
You ready?
[Dm]
[Ab]
[G]
Hmm?
[D]
[G] told you you'd make it to the big time you stuck with me back in the old days.
You ready?
[Dm]
100% ➙ 136BPM
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm gonna piss [Cm] off a black widow.
[N] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ Hmm?
I _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] told you you'd make it to the big time you stuck with me back in the old days.
_ _ _ _ _ You ready?
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ We got whiskey in [Dm] this [G] warm, [Dm] sugar with your teeth.
[G] What are these [Dm] crazy questions [G] that they're asking [Dm] of me?
[G] This is the [Dm] wildest [G] party that ever [Dm] could be.
[G] But don't [Dm] turn on the light, cause [G] I don't wanna see. _ _ _ _
[C] Mama told [Eb] me not to [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Eb] come.
_ [G] [Bb] Mama said [Em] it [C] ain't no way to [Eb] have fun.
[G] _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] Old number women who let some air into this room.
I think [Dm] I'm almost [G] choking on the smell of stale petunia.
That cigarette you're smoking, I'm about to scare [Dm] the [G] hell out of you.
Hold me number women, let me catch my breath.
_ _ _ [C] Mama told [Eb] me not to come.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] Mama told [Eb] me not to come.
[G] _ Mama said it [C] ain't no way to [Eb] have fun.
[G] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [F] [G] Radio _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ blasting, someone beating on the [Dm] door.
[G] My hostess is not last, she's not on the floor.
_ I've seen [Dm] so many things that [G] I ain't never seen before.
Don't [Dm] know what it is, [G] but I don't want to [Dm] see no more.
[G] _ _ _
[C] Mama told [Eb] me not to come.
[G] _ _ _
[C] Mama told [Eb] me not to come.
[G] Mama said it [C] ain't no way to [Eb] have fun.
[G] _ [D] _
[Gb] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Let's _ _ burn _ _ down the _ _ cornfield.
Let's burn _ _ down the _ _ cornfield.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ We can't listen _ to [E] it burning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You hide _ _ behind the old tree.
You hide _ behind the old _ tree.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
[B] Stay out of danger _ [A] _ till I [E] return. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Boy, it's so _ _ _ [A] good _ _ _ _
[E] on a cold _ _ _ _ night.
_ _ [A] To have _ _ [Gm] your body _ _ _ [E] burning _ warm and bright. _ _
_ _ _ _ You hide _ _ behind the _ old tree.
You hide _ _ _ behind the old _ tree.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ Stay out of danger _ till [E] I _ return. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Let's burn _ _ _ down the _ _ cornfield.
Let's burn _ _ down the _ _ _ cornfield.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
Now [B] make love to me [A] _ while it's [E] burning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
Now [Gbm] make love to [Bm] me _ while it's [E] burning. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ Now _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
make love to me while it's burning.
Let's bring out Linda Rothstein and Ron Cooter first.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Ron Cooter, yeah.
_ Do _ you remember my song, _ _ Rider in the Rain?
I'm such a big kid, I'm sure you remember it.
_ Feel free to sing along if you remember the_
You will feel free to do that?
Boy, you're really [F] drunk.
They're really drunk now. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Got a gun [C] in my holster.
_ _ [F] _ _
Got a horse between [C] my knees. _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Gb] I'm going to [C] Arizona.
_ _ _ _ [G] Pardon me, boys, if [C] you please.
_ [G] _ [F] I have been a [C] _ desperado. _
[F] Raped and _ _ pillaged across [C] the plain.
_ And [F] I'm going [Gbm] _
_ [Em] to [G] Arizona.
_ Just a _ rider in the [C] rain. _ _
[Am] He's a rider _ _ [C] in the rain.
_ _ He's [F] a _ _ rider [C] in the rain.
_ _ [F] And I'm [Gbm] going to [C] Arizona. _ _
_ [G] Just a _ rider [C] in the rain.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
My mother's in [C] St.
Louis. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ Friar's [C] in Tennessee. _
_ _ [F] _ _ [D] So I'm going to [C] Arizona.
_ _ [G] With my band, Joe [C] Money.
_ _ [F] He's a [Am] rider in [C] the rain.
I'm riding in the rain.
[F] He's a rider in [C] the rain.
_ And [F] he's [Gbm] gone. _
_ [C] _ _ Just [G] a rider _
_ _ _ [C] in the rain. _ _ _
[F] _ _ He used to work [Am] in Uncle Speed's store.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ He was fighting [C] in the war.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
[Gb] Now I'm [C] going to Arizona. _ _ _
[G] Ain't going to work for him [C] no more.
_ _ _ [F] _ I'm a son of [C] the prairie.
_ _ [F] And the wind that [C] sweeps the plain. _ _
[F] So I'm going _ [Gb] to [C] _
Arizona.
_ [G] Just a _ rider in [C] the rain.
_ _ [G] [Am] He's a rider _ in [C] the rain. _ _
[F] He's a _ _ rider in [C] the rain.
_ And [F] I'm _ [D] going to [C] Arizona.
_ _ [G] _ Just a _ rider [C] in the rain. _ _
[Am] He's a _ rider in the rain.
I'm [G] a rider [C] in the rain.
[F] He's a rider _ [C] in the rain.
You know I'm a rider.
[F] And I'm _ [D] going to [C] Arizona.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] Just a _ _ rider [C] in the rain.
[Am] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank you very much.
I'd like to thank Linda and Rye for being here. _ _ _ _
I'm gonna piss [Cm] off a black widow.
[N] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ Hmm?
I _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[G] told you you'd make it to the big time you stuck with me back in the old days.
_ _ _ _ _ You ready?
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ We got whiskey in [Dm] this [G] warm, [Dm] sugar with your teeth.
[G] What are these [Dm] crazy questions [G] that they're asking [Dm] of me?
[G] This is the [Dm] wildest [G] party that ever [Dm] could be.
[G] But don't [Dm] turn on the light, cause [G] I don't wanna see. _ _ _ _
[C] Mama told [Eb] me not to [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Eb] come.
_ [G] [Bb] Mama said [Em] it [C] ain't no way to [Eb] have fun.
[G] _ [D] _
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] Old number women who let some air into this room.
I think [Dm] I'm almost [G] choking on the smell of stale petunia.
That cigarette you're smoking, I'm about to scare [Dm] the [G] hell out of you.
Hold me number women, let me catch my breath.
_ _ _ [C] Mama told [Eb] me not to come.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] Mama told [Eb] me not to come.
[G] _ Mama said it [C] ain't no way to [Eb] have fun.
[G] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [F] [G] Radio _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ blasting, someone beating on the [Dm] door.
[G] My hostess is not last, she's not on the floor.
_ I've seen [Dm] so many things that [G] I ain't never seen before.
Don't [Dm] know what it is, [G] but I don't want to [Dm] see no more.
[G] _ _ _
[C] Mama told [Eb] me not to come.
[G] _ _ _
[C] Mama told [Eb] me not to come.
[G] Mama said it [C] ain't no way to [Eb] have fun.
[G] _ [D] _
[Gb] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Let's _ _ burn _ _ down the _ _ cornfield.
Let's burn _ _ down the _ _ cornfield.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ We can't listen _ to [E] it burning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You hide _ _ behind the old tree.
You hide _ behind the old _ tree.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
[B] Stay out of danger _ [A] _ till I [E] return. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Boy, it's so _ _ _ [A] good _ _ _ _
[E] on a cold _ _ _ _ night.
_ _ [A] To have _ _ [Gm] your body _ _ _ [E] burning _ warm and bright. _ _
_ _ _ _ You hide _ _ behind the _ old tree.
You hide _ _ _ behind the old _ tree.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ Stay out of danger _ till [E] I _ return. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ [Am] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Let's burn _ _ _ down the _ _ cornfield.
Let's burn _ _ down the _ _ _ cornfield.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
Now [B] make love to me [A] _ while it's [E] burning. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _
Now [Gbm] make love to [Bm] me _ while it's [E] burning. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ Now _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
make love to me while it's burning.
Let's bring out Linda Rothstein and Ron Cooter first.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Ron Cooter, yeah.
_ Do _ you remember my song, _ _ Rider in the Rain?
I'm such a big kid, I'm sure you remember it.
_ Feel free to sing along if you remember the_
You will feel free to do that?
Boy, you're really [F] drunk.
They're really drunk now. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Got a gun [C] in my holster.
_ _ [F] _ _
Got a horse between [C] my knees. _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Gb] I'm going to [C] Arizona.
_ _ _ _ [G] Pardon me, boys, if [C] you please.
_ [G] _ [F] I have been a [C] _ desperado. _
[F] Raped and _ _ pillaged across [C] the plain.
_ And [F] I'm going [Gbm] _
_ [Em] to [G] Arizona.
_ Just a _ rider in the [C] rain. _ _
[Am] He's a rider _ _ [C] in the rain.
_ _ He's [F] a _ _ rider [C] in the rain.
_ _ [F] And I'm [Gbm] going to [C] Arizona. _ _
_ [G] Just a _ rider [C] in the rain.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
My mother's in [C] St.
Louis. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ Friar's [C] in Tennessee. _
_ _ [F] _ _ [D] So I'm going to [C] Arizona.
_ _ [G] With my band, Joe [C] Money.
_ _ [F] He's a [Am] rider in [C] the rain.
I'm riding in the rain.
[F] He's a rider in [C] the rain.
_ And [F] he's [Gbm] gone. _
_ [C] _ _ Just [G] a rider _
_ _ _ [C] in the rain. _ _ _
[F] _ _ He used to work [Am] in Uncle Speed's store.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ He was fighting [C] in the war.
_ _ _ _ [F] _
[Gb] Now I'm [C] going to Arizona. _ _ _
[G] Ain't going to work for him [C] no more.
_ _ _ [F] _ I'm a son of [C] the prairie.
_ _ [F] And the wind that [C] sweeps the plain. _ _
[F] So I'm going _ [Gb] to [C] _
Arizona.
_ [G] Just a _ rider in [C] the rain.
_ _ [G] [Am] He's a rider _ in [C] the rain. _ _
[F] He's a _ _ rider in [C] the rain.
_ And [F] I'm _ [D] going to [C] Arizona.
_ _ [G] _ Just a _ rider [C] in the rain. _ _
[Am] He's a _ rider in the rain.
I'm [G] a rider [C] in the rain.
[F] He's a rider _ [C] in the rain.
You know I'm a rider.
[F] And I'm _ [D] going to [C] Arizona.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G] Just a _ _ rider [C] in the rain.
[Am] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Thank you very much.
I'd like to thank Linda and Rye for being here. _ _ _ _