{"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":796900,"song":"Night Riders Lament","artist":"Garth Brooks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/796900-night-riders-lament-chords-by-garth-brooks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/796900?type=chord","rating":4.91105,"votes":167,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne night while 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]\r\nFor a letter from an old friend back home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nN.C.\r\nAnd he asked me\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 a'gettin' nowhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you're losin' your share[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBoy, you must have gone crazy out there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said last night I ran into 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\nAnd boy 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]\r\nShe's the perfect professional's wife[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nN.C.\r\nAnd she asked me\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 a'gettin' nowhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he's losin' his share[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBoy he must've gone crazy out there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAh but 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]Bm[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey've never spent spring on the Great Divide[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they've never heard ole' camp cookie sing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell I read up the last of my letter[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I tore off the stamp for black Jim[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd when Billy rode up to relieve me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe just looked at my letter and grinned[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\nN.C.\r\nHe said now\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhy do they ride for their money[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTell me why do they ride for short pay[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThey ain't a'gettin' nowhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they're losin' their share[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBoy, they must've gone crazy out there[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSon, they all must be crazy out there[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\nN.C.\nAnd he asked me\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\nN.C.\nAnd she asked me\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\nN.C.\nHe said now","chords":["D","G","A","Bm","C","E","B","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}