Night Riders Lament chords by Jerry Jeff Walker

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: D MajorD

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD



🎸 Verse 1:
   D MajorD      G+G
While I was out a-ridin'
  D MajorD                A augmentedA
The grave yard shift, midnight 'til dawn
  G+G          D MajorD
The moon was bright as a readin' light
   A augmentedA               D MajorD
For a letter from an old friend back home

🎸 Chorus 1:
        G+G     A augmentedA       D MajorD
And he asked me why do you ride for your money
    G+G     A augmentedA       D MajorD
Tell me why do you rope for short pay
     G+G     A augmentedA
You ain't gettin' nowhere
      D MajorD      G+G  G/F# E minorEm
And you're losin' your sha-a----are
     A augmentedA           D MajorD
Boy, you must've gone crazy out there


🎸 Verse 2:
    D MajorD           G+G
He said last night I ran onto Jenny
   D MajorD           A augmentedA
She's married and has a good life
     G+G
Boy, you sure missed the track
     D MajorD
When you never come back
     A augmentedA           D MajorD
She's the perfect professional's wife


🎸 Chorus 1:
         G+G      A augmentedA      D MajorD
And she asked me why does he ride for his money
      G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
And tell me why does he rope for short pay
     G+G     A augmentedA
He ain't gettin' nowhere
     D MajorD     G+G  G/F# E minorEm
And he's losin' his sha-a----are
  A augmentedA           D MajorD
He must've gone crazy out there

🎸 Chorus 2:
        G+G   A augmentedA    D MajorD
B' then they've never seen the Northern Lights
   G+G      A augmentedA      D MajorD
They never seen a hawk on the wing
    G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD    G+G G/F# E minorEm
They've never seen a spring hit the Great Divi-i----ide
      A augmentedA              D MajorD
And they've never heard old camp cookie sing


🎸 Instrumental:
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G G/F# E minorEm
A augmentedA D MajorD


🎸 Verse 3:
    D MajorD           G+G
Well
I read up the last of my letter
 D MajorD              A augmentedA
I tore off the stamp for Black Jim
   G+G         D MajorD
When Billy rode up to relieve me
    A augmentedA            D MajorD
He just looked at my letter and grinned


🎸 Chorus 1:
       G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
He said, now why do they ride for their money
    G+G      A augmentedA       D MajorD
Tell me why do they rope for short pay
      G+G     A augmentedA
They ain't gettin' nowhere
      D MajorD      G+G  G/F# E minorEm
And they're losin' their sha-a----are
     A augmentedA           D MajorD
Son, they all must be crazy out there


🎸 Chorus 2:
        G+G   A augmentedA    D MajorD
'Cause they've never seen the Northern Lights
    G+G      A augmentedA      D MajorD
They've never seen a hawk on the wing
    G+G     A augmentedA       D MajorD    G+G G/F# E minorEm
They've never seen spring hit the Great Divi-i----ide
      A augmentedA              D MajorD
No, they've never heard old camp cookie sing


🎸 Outro:
  G+G       D MajorD
Yodelayee odelo-oh layee tee oh
   A augmentedA       D MajorD
Deedalayee o--oh dalayee
  G+G        D MajorD
Yodelayee-oh delo-oh layee tee oh
 A augmentedA         D MajorD
Delayee tee ay oh dalayee
     E7E7     G+G   A augmentedA   D MajorD
Eye tee olayee old-layee-olayee-oo