Jerry Jeff Walker - Night Riders Lament guitar chord

Night Rider's Lament

3/4 time

C F

Well I was out a-ridin

C G

Graveyard shift midnight till dawn

F C

The moon was as bright as a reading light

G C

For a letter from an old friend back home

c d e

(Chorus) And he asked me

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Why does he ride for his money

F G C

Why does he rope for short pay

c d e F G

He ain't gettin' nowhere

C F e d c

And he's loosin his share

F G C

He must have gone crazy out there

He tells me

Last night he run on to Jenny

She's married and has a good life

Boy you sure missed the track

When you never came back

She's the perfect professonals wife

And she asked him (Chorus)

Well I read up the last of my letter

Tore off the stamp for black Jim

Billy road up to releave me

He just looked at my letter and grinned

And he said (Chorus)

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(Bridge) But they've never seen the Northern Lights

F G C

Never seen a hawk on the wing

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Never seen the spring hit the Great Divide

F G C

Never heard ol' Camp Cookie sing

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