RIDER IN THE RAIN - RANDY NEWMAN
( lyrics partly from ftp.uwp.edu, beware of errors )
Slow, relaxed, like if yer riding a horse, kinda.
C/GC/GFFC/GC/GFFC/GC/G
Got a gun in my holster, got ...
FFC/GC/GG+GC/GC/G
and I'm goin' to Arizona, pardon ....
(same chords)
I have been a desperado, raped and ....
Chorus:
A minorAmC/GC/G
He's a rider in ...
FFC/GC/G
He's a rider in ...
FFC/GC/G
and I'm goin' to Ar...
G+GC/GC/G
He's a rider ...
Oh, my mother's in St. Louis....
Chorus
Used to work in Uncle's feed store, while ....
I'm the son of the prairie, and the wind that ....
Chorus 2 times but last line is: just a rider in the rain
Voice: "Take it boys..."
Bass riff: G+GA augmentedABB
(chords as in verses) Oooooo ooohoooo ooohoooo Oooooo ooohoooo ooohoooo
Ooohoo hooooooo ooohoooo oohooo hooo Ooooho hooooooo ooohoooo oohooo
Hope I got that allright heh heh heh :-)
You can also play it with an alternate bassline
like this - instead of playing the whole chords.
C/GC/GFFG+G
e -------------- -------------- --------------
BB -----1-----1-- -----1-----1-- -----0-----0--
G+G -----0-----0-- -----2-----2-- -----0-----0--
D MajorD -----2-----2-- -----3-----3-- -----0-----0--
A augmentedA --3----------- --3----------- --2-----------
E MajorE --------3----- --------1----- --------3-----
Enjoy,
Bo.