{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1899091,"song":"Rider On The Rim","artist":"Red Steagall","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11424967-rider-on-the-rim-chords-by-red-steagall/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1899091?type=chord","rating":0.13584,"votes":0,"content":"Rider on the Rim\r\nRed Steagall\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn the wagon last october was a kid of seven-teen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA city kid from Dallas, wet behind the ears and green[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe stepped out of the pages of a western catalog[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand not the kind you'd pick to ride the rivers and boggs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  \r\nThe boss had throwed this kid and me together for the drive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe took the outside circle, I was mad and full of fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor it ain't no place for tender feet, cause where we had to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nUp in the hills and badlands where the twisted cedars grow[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch] \r\nThe kid had drawed a snaky bronc, plum full of dirty tricks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand I'll give the kid the credit boys he stayed and took his licks[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nCause everytime he got throwed off, he'd step back on again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                     [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we all were wondered how much practicin this city boy could stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     \r\nAt the head of an arroyo where the tamarac grow tall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI sent the kid a driftin north, to ride out Deadmans draw[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe country's pretty open and the draw ain't very deep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo I took Blackhole canyon, where the bluffs are high and steep[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt was misty in the canyon, the light was sorta dim[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     \r\nThru the mist I saw a ghostly rider on the rim[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe waved his hat and motioned to go back the way I come[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand when the mist had cleared away the ghostly form was gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI turned my horse around, headed back to Deadmans draw[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI knowed the kids in trouble I could  feel it in my crawl[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFrom the trail of broken cedars and the deep tracks in the sand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nThe gray was usin all his tricks the kid had made a hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] \r\nBut up beneath a cutbank where the trail is slick and steep[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe gray lay thrashin on his side the kid lay underneath[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHis foot run thru the stirrup, holdin to the horses head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe knew that if the gray got up he'd soon be drug to death[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe kid was tired and gettin weak, the horse was gainin ground[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI slipped my gutline round his neck, the kid got turned around[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo's he was in the saddle when the horse got to his feet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen we rode out together but we didn't hardly speak[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nA dozen times I've ridden out along the canyon rim[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no tracks and I ain't seen that ghostly form again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nand I don't really care if you believe a word I say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA cowboy guardian angel helped me save the kid that day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Final Chorus]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt was misty in the canyon, the light was kinda dim[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThru the mist I saw a ghostly rider on the rim[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf I live to be a hundred I will not forget the day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhen a cowboy guardian angel taught two punchers how to pray..............[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n(Slowing)    How to pray......... How to pray............... [/tab]","plain_text":"Rider on the Rim\nRed Steagall\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Final Chorus]","chords":["A","D","E","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}