MISC COUNTRY - "rider in the rain" Tablature

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/G F C/G F C/G
Got a gun in my holster, got ...

F C/G G C/G
and I'm goin' to Arizona, pardon ....

(same chords)
I have been a desperado, raped and ....

Chorus:
Am C/G
He's a rider in ...

F C/G
He's a rider in ...

F C/G
and I'm goin' to Ar...

G C/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 A B

(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/G F G
e -------------- -------------- --------------
B -----1-----1-- -----1-----1-- -----0-----0--
G -----0-----0-- -----2-----2-- -----0-----0--
D -----2-----2-- -----3-----3-- -----0-----0--
A --3----------- --3----------- --2-----------
E --------3----- --------1----- --------3-----

Enjoy,
Bo.