Night Riders Lament

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[Verse 1] - - - - [C] One night while I was out a [F] ridin' - - - - [C] The grave yard shift, midnight 'til [G] dawn - - - - The [F] moon was [G] bright as a [C] readin' [Am] light - - - - For a [F] letter from an [G] old friend back [C] home

{ CHORUS }  N.C.   And he asked me - - - - [F] Why do you [G] ride for your [C] money - - - - [F] Tell me why do you [G] rope for short [C] pay - - - - - - - - [F] You ain't a'gettin' no-[G]-where - - - - [C] And you're losin' your [Am] share [G] [F] - - - - Boy, you [F] must have gone [G] crazy out [C] there

[Verse 2] - - - - [C] He said last night I ran into [F] Jenny. - - - - [C] She's married and has a good [G] life. - - - - And [F] boy you sure missed the [G] track. - - - - [C] When you never come [Am] back. - - - - She's the [F] perfect pro-[G]-fessional's [C] wife.

{ CHORUS }  N.C.   And she asked me - - - - [F] Why does he [G] ride for your [C] money? - - - - [F] Tell me why does he [G] rope for short [C] pay? - - - - [F] He ain't a'gettin' no-[G]-where - - - - [C] And he's losin' your [Am] share [G] [F] - - - - Boy, he [F] must have gone [G] crazy out [C] there

[Bridge]
Ah but they've [F] never [G] seen the [C] Northern [Am] Lights
They've [F] never seen a [G] hawk on the [C] wing
They've [F] never spent [G] spring on the [C] Great [Am] Divide [G] [F] 
And they've [F] never heard ole' [G] camp cookie [C] sing

MODULATE - [Verse] - - - - Well I [D] read up the last of my [G] letter - - - - And I [D] tore off the stamp for black [A] Jim - - - - And when [G] Billy rode [A] up to [D] relieve [Bm] me - - - - He just [G] looked at my [A] letter and [D] grinned

{ CHORUS } - - - - N.C.   And he said now - - - - [G] Why do they [A] ride for your [D] money?  - - - - [G] Tell me why do they [A] rope for short [D] pay? - - - - [G] They ain't a'gettin' no-[A]-where, - - - - [D] And they're losin' your [Bm] share [A] [G]  - - - - Boy, they [G] must have gone [A] crazy out [D] there.

So they all [G] must be [A] crazy out [D] there.


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