Chords for Suzy Bogguss, Night Rider's Lament

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Waltz.
Rock and [Am] [Ebm] Waltz.
Is it Rock and Waltz?
[Ab] _ _ _ _ You know there's one thing [N] about
being a singer is that
you know, like you can sort of choose
whoever you want to sing
and this is a song written by a fellow
named Michael Burton and he used to be a rodeo
clown [Ab] _
and his travels
_ _ spurred this song somehow
_ and _ _ _ for me it
_ _ _ helped me _ _
_ sort of
make my way through the west
and learn about playing
out there and kind of
_ soothe my
little cowgirl spirit
that I had in there
that I had grown up with in Illinois.
_ _ Laughter. _ _ _ _
_ As I was
[Db] out a ridin'
_ [Ab] In a graveyard shed
in the [Eb] night of dawn
The _ [Db]
moon was
bright [Ab] as a reading
page [Eb] for a
letter from an old friend [Ab] back home _ _ _ _ _
He said last night
I run home [Db] to Jenny, _ _ she's
[Ab] married and has
a good [Eb] life
_ _ [Db] Oh, if she missed the track
[Ab] then she'd never come back
_ [Eb]
She's a perfect _ _ _ [Ab] professional's wife
_ _ _ _ and she asked
[Db] me why does
[Eb] he ride for [Ab] his money
_ _ [Db] Why does [Eb] he
roll for [Ab] short pay _ He [Db] ain't getting _ [Eb] nowhere
and [Ab] he's losing [Db]
his _ _ _ _ [Bbm] shit _
_ [Eb] Oh, he must have gone [Dbm] crazy [Ab] out there _ _ _ _ _
Then _ [Db] they've
never [Eb] _ _ [Ab] seen
the northern lights [Db] Never seen
[Eb] a hawk [Ab] on the wing _ _
[Db] Never seen [Eb] a spring
[Ab] at the grave
[Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] No, they've never heard old [Ab] Gampook he _ _ say
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] Oh, the lady
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
the [Eb] _ _ _ _ old [Ab] lady
_ _ _ _ [Db] the _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] old lady
[Bbm] _ the old
[Ab] _
_ lady _ _ _ _ _ Can't _ _ _ _ _ _ learn
the last of [Db] the letter
_ [Ab] to _ understand
the [Eb] black man _ _ [Db] Then
he wrote her [Ab] to leave me
[Eb] _ He just wrote
[Fm] down [G] the letter to [Ab] Graham
_ And _ he said Why _
do they ride
_ for their money _ [B] _ And
[Eb] why do they roll
for [N] short pay _ _ They [Ab] ain't getting _ [C] nowhere [Ab] and they're
losing [Db] their _ shit _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Oh, they all must
be _ crazy [Ab] out there _ _
_ _ _ Then _ [Db] they've never [Eb] _ seen [Ab] the northern lights
[Db] Never [Ab] seen [Eb] a hawk
[Ab] on the wing _ _ [Db] Never seen
[Eb] a spring [Ab] at the grave
[Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ No, [Eb] they've never heard old Gampook [Ab] he say _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] Oh, the lady the _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ old _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
lady the [Db] _ _ old _ _ [Ab] lady _ _ the [Eb] old lady the old
[Ab] _ lady _ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ the _ [Fm] old
_ [Bb] _ lady _ _ the old
_ _ [Eb] _
[Bbm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] Oh
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
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