Travelling Riverside Blues

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TRAVELLING RIVERSIDE BLUES
As recorded by Led Zeppelin
(From the 1982 Album CODA)
Guitar is tuned to Open G: DGDGBD
[Intro]
G Em7 G/D G/C G/B
G Bb C Bb G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B
Hey
G Bb C Bb G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B
G Bb C Bb G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B
G Bb C Bb G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B
That's right
[Verse 1]
G7
Asked sweet mama, let me be her kid
G7
She said, "You might get hurt if you don't keep it behind"
C7
Well, I know my baby if I see her in the dark
D7 C Bb5
I said, I know my rider if I see her in the dark
G G7/F Em7 G/Eb G
[Chorus]
Bb C Bb G G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B G
Now, I'm going to Rosedale, take my rider by my side
Bb C Bb G G/F Em7 G/D G/B G
Still barrel house, cause it's on the riverside, yeah
Bb C Bb G G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B G
I know my baby, Lord, I said, is really sloppy drunk
Bb C Bb G Em7 G/D G/C G/B G
I know my mama, Lord, a brown-skin, but she ain't no plum, uh-huh.
[Verse 2]
G
See my baby, tell her, tell her hurry home
G C7
Had no loving since my baby been gone
G7
See my baby, tell her hurry on home
D5 C
I ain't had, Lord, my right mind
Bb5 G7/F Em G/Eb G
Since my rider's been gone
[Chorus]
G Bb C Bb G G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B G
Hey, she promises, she's my rider
G Bb C Bb G G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B G
I want to tell you, she's my rider
Bb C Bb G G7/F Em G/D G/C G/B
Know you're mine, she's my rider
G Bb C Bb G G7/F Em G/D G/C G/B G7
She ain't but sixteen, but she's my rider
[Verse 3]
G7
I'm going to Rosedale, take my rider by my side
G7
Anybody argue with me man I'll keep them satisfied
C7 G7
Well, I see my baby, tell her the shape I'm in
C G G7/F Em7 G/Eb G
Ain't had no lovin' Lord since you know when
[Interlude]
G BbCBbG G7/FEm7G/DG/CG/B
x4
[Guitar Solo]
G7 C7 D7 C7 G
Ah, why won't you come in my kitchen
G G7/F Em7 G/Eb G
[Chorus]
G Bb C Bb G G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B G
She's a kindhearted baby
Bb C Bb G G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B G
She studies evil all the time
Bb C Bb G G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B G
She's a kindhearted woman
Bb C Bb G G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B
She studies evil all the time
[Verse 3]
G7
Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg
Squeeze it so hard, I'll fall right out of bed
C7
And you squeeze my lemon
G7
'til the juice runs down my leg
G7
I wonder if you know what I'm talking about
D7 C7
Oh, but the way that you squeeze it girl, uh
G7 G7/F Em G/Eb
I swear I'm gonna fall right out of bed
C
Ah, she's a good rider
[Outro]
G BbCBbG G7/FEm7G/DG/CG/B
x4
G Bb C Bb G G7/F F G/D G/C G/B G
I wanna take my rider by my side, yeah
Bb C Bb G G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B G
I said her front teeth are lined with gold
Bb C Bb G G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B
She's got a mortgage on my body, got a lien on my soul
G Bb C Bb G G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B G Bb C Bb G
She's my brown-skinned sugar plum

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TRAVELLING RIVERSIDE BLUES
As recorded by Led Zeppelin
(From the 1982 Album CODA)
Guitar is tuned to Open G: DGDGBD
[Intro]
G    Em7 G/D  G/C  G/B
G  Bb C Bb G7/F  Em7  G/D  G/C  G/B
G  Bb C Bb G7/F  Em7  G/D  G/C  G/B
[Verse 1]
G  G7/F  Em7  G/Eb  G
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Interlude]
G    Bb C Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B x4
[Guitar Solo]
G      G7/F Em7 G/Eb G
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Squeeze it so hard, I'll fall right out of bed
[Outro]
G    Bb C Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B x4

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