Garth Brooks - Night Rider's Lament guitar chord

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

From: Ken Keefover

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