Chords for Suzy Bogguss "Night Rider's Lament" @ Eddie Owen Presents

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_ _ _ _ As I [Eb] was out [Db] riding
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Graveyard shift midnight to [Eb] dawn _ _
[Db] The moon [Ab] was as bright as the [Ab] reading light
[Eb] For a letter from an old friend [Ab] back home _ _ _ _ _
_ He said last night I wrote her [Db] home
_ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] She's married and had a good [Eb] life _ _
[Db] Oh, it sure makes the track
[Ab] When they never come back
_ [Eb] She's a perfect _ professional wife
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She asked [Db] me why [Eb] does he ride for his money
_ _ _ [Db] Why [Eb] does he roll for short pay
_ _ He ain't [Db] getting _ nowhere
And [Ab] he's losing [Db] his shit
[Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] Oh, it must have gone crazy [Ab]
out there
_ _ _ _ That _ they've [Eb] never seen the Northern Lights
_ [Db] Never [Eb] seen a hawk [Eb] on the wing
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Never [Eb] seen a spring at the Crankings [Db] Wild
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_ [Eb] No, they never heard old Cam Cookey sing
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_ [Db] Oh, _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] dee dee dee dee dee dee _ dee dee
Ah _ [Db] dee dee dee dee dee dee dee [Ab] _ _ _
_ dee
[Eb] Oh dee dee dee dee dee dee dee
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Well, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I wrote the last of the [Db] letter _ _ _
[Ab] To her on the stamp [Eb] of black gin _
_ _ [Db] And till he wrote [Bb] up to [Ab] relieve me
He [Eb] just looked at the letter [Ab] and grinned _
And he [Db] said why _ [Eb] do they ride for [Ab] money _
And _ [Db] why do they roll for short [Eb] pay
_ They ain't [Db]
getting _ nowhere
And [Ab] they're losing [Db] their _ _ [Cm] shit
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_ [Eb] Oh, they must be crazy out there
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Bb] That [Db] they've never _ [Eb] seen [Ab]
the Northern Lights
_ [Db] Never seen [F] a hawk on [Ab] the wing _ _ _
[Db] Never [Eb] seen a spring at [Ab] the [Db] Crankings Wild
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ No, [Eb] they never heard old Cam [Ab] Cookey sing _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [Db] Oh dee dee dee dee [Ab] dee _ dee _ [Eb] _ dee
_ Oh [Ab] dee dee dee dee dee dee dee
Ah dee [Db] dee dee [Bb] dee dee dee _ [Ab] dee
_ _ [Eb] Oh dee dee dee dee dee dee _ [Ab] dee _ _ _ _
Ah _ dee
[Bb] Oh dee _ dee
_ _ _ _ Oh [Eb] dee _ dee
_ Oh _ [Ebm] _ dee dee
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