Tablature night riders lament - Garth Brooks

          



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  Date: 6/6/96; 9:20:06 PM

  From: Ken Keefover <songfest@gulf.net>

  Subject: Night Rider's Lament by Garth Brooks

  

  Night Rider's Lament

  Written by Michael Burton

  Performed by Garth Brooks (& others)

  c1975 Groper Music

  

      D                     G          D                              A

  One night while I was out ridin' The graveyard shift, midnight 'til dawn

      G        A           D       Bm          A              G               D

  The moon was bright as a readin' light For a letter from an old friend back home.

                  G          A             D             G          A              D

  And he asked me Why do you ride for your money Tell me why do you rope for short pay

            G         A                D           Bm   A  G

  You ain't gettin' nowhere and you're losin' your share

           A              G         D

  Boy, you must have gone crazy out there.

          D                     G           D                          A

  He said last night I run onto Jenny She's married and she has a good life.

           G               A              D          Bm

  Boy, you sure missed the track when you never came back

            A          G           D

  She's the perfect professional's wife.

                   G           A            D         G                   A              D

  And she asked me why does he ride for his money And tell me why does he rope for short pay

           G          A             D          Bm  A  G

  He ain't gettin' nowhere and he's losin' his share

          A            G         D

  Boy, he must've gone crazy out there.

                  G     A        D       Bm              G            A           D

  Ah, but they've never seen the Northen Lights, they've never seen a hawk on the wing

       G           A             D       Bm  A  G

  They never spent spring on the Great Divide,

              A                G           D       E         

  And they've never heard ole' camp cookie sing.

  E                              A             E                            B

  Well, I read up the last of my letter, And I tore off the stamp for black Jim.

           A          B             E  C#m           B            A          E

  And when Billy rode up to relieve me,      He just looked at my letter and grinned.

              A           B              E              A           B              E

  He said now why do they ride for their money, Tell me why do they ride for short pay

             A          B                E            C#m  B  A

  They ain't gettin' nowhere and they're losin' their share

            B            A         E

  Boy, they must've gone crazy out there

            A            B         E

  Son, they all must be crazy out there.

  

                                                                          E

  Have fun with the yodeling part! Yodel in the key of E, after the last *there* go back

  to A, E, B, E over and over again until you run out of breath or clear the room.

  

  Ken 

  

  Ken 


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 Night riders lament, de Garth brooks 

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