{"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":2111799,"song":"Night Riders Lament","artist":"Nanci Griffith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11458619-night-riders-lament-chords-by-nanci-griffith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2111799?type=chord","rating":4.67062,"votes":66,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile I was out a-ridin'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe graveyard shift midnight till dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nThe moon was as bright as a reading light[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a letter from an old friend back home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe asked me [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do you ride for your money? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do you rope for short pay? [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou ain't gettin' nowhere [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you're losin' your share [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, you must've gone crazy out there [/tab]\r\n  \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said last night I ran into Jenny[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dsus[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey married and have a good life[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]                 \r\nOh, you sure missed the track when you never came back[/tab]\r\n[tab]      ,      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe made the perfect professional's wife[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd she asked me [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy does he ride for his money? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy does he rope for short pay? [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou ain't gettin' nowhere [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you?re losin' your share [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, you must've gone crazy out there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey've never seen the northern lights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNever seen a hawk on the wing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNever seen the spring hit the Great Divide[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they ain't ever heard old Camp Cookie sing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow, I read up the last of my letter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd tore of the stamp for Black Jim[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]             \r\nLittle Dougie rode up to relieve me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe just looked at my letter and grinned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe asked me [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do they ride for their money? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhy do they rope for short pay? [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey ain't gettin' nowhere [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd they?re losin' their share [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, they must've gone crazy out there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey've never seen the northern lights[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNever seen a hawk on the wing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNever seen the spring hit the Great Divide[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they ain't ever heard old Camp Cookie sing[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG D","chords":["G","D","C","Dsus","C/B","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}