{"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":2859623,"song":"Night Riders Lament","artist":"Ian Tyson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11646449-night-riders-lament-chords-by-ian-tyson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2859623?type=chord","rating":4.78613,"votes":44,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile I was out a-ridin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe grave yard shift, midnight 'til dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe moon was bright as a readin' light[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFor a letter from an old friend back home.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd he asked me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy do you ride for your money?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTell me why do you rope for short pay?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou ain't gettin' nowhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd you're losin' your sha-a-a-are[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBoy, you must-a gone crazy out there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said last night I ran onto Jenny[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe's married and has a good life[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBoy you sure missed the track[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhen you never come back[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nShe's the perfect professional's wife.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd she asked me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy does he ride for his money?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd tell me why does he rope for short pay?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe ain't gettin' nowhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he's losin' his sha-a-a-are[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe must've gone crazy out there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut they've never seen the Northern Lights[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNever seen a hawk on the wing[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey've never seen spring hit the Great Divi-i-i-ide[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they've never heard old camp cookie sing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell I read up the last of my letter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTore off the stamp for Black Jim.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]  \r\nWhen Billy rode up to relieve me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHe just looked at my letter and he grinned.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd he said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhy do they ride for their money?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTell me why do they rope for short pay?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey ain't gettin' nowhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd they're losin' their sha-a-a-are[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nYeah, they all must be crazy out there.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut they've never seen the Northern Lights[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey've never seen a hawk on the wing[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G/F#[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey've never seen spring hit the Great Divi-i-ide[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they've never heard old camp cookie sing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[OUTRO]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[OUTRO]\nG D A D\nG D A D","chords":["D","G","A","Bm","D7","G/F#","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}