E7  A7 B7 E7

E7                    A        Am        B7      E7 A7     E
E|------------------------------------------3/5-3-----2-0-----------|
B|-2-5~-2---------------2/8~-5~------0-0-1----------------2---------|
G|4------4-1--1/4----------------2-2--------------------------------|
D|----------------6-4---------------------------------------2-2h4p2-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|


[Verse 1]
E     E         E     E
Ever since Miss Susie Johnson
E    E    E     E
Lost her jockey Lee
       E7    E7     E7
There's been much excitement
    E7      E7
And more to be

E|-----------|
B|--5h8p5----|
G|/6-----6---|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

A    A   A       A
You can hear her moanin’
A7      A7        E     A     A       E    E      E
Moanin’ night and morn
E|------------------------------------------|
B|--5h8p5-------5---5---5/8~--8p5p0--2p0----|
G|-------6--6-6------6-4-----------------0--|
D|-----------------------------------------2|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

[Chorus 1]
B7     B7       B7    B7
She's wonderin' where her
   B7  B7  B7     E7  A7         E7
Eeeeeeasy rider's goooooooooooone

E|-0-----------------------|
B|--3~p0--------------3/5-3|
G|-------2p0------0-2------|
D|----------2~---2---------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

[Verse 2]
E     E         E        E
Cablegrams goes off in inquiry
E    E         E     E
Telegrams goes off in sympathy
E|--4h7p4h7p4h7p4tr--|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

A        A        A7
Letters came from down in Bam
E    E      E         E
Everywhere that Uncle Sam

[Chorus 2]
       B7    B7  B7    E    E   E   E
Is the ruler of delivereeeee
E|-------------------|
B|----------0-0------|
G|-1-1-1-1--1-1------|
D|-2-2-2-2--2-2------|
A|-2-2-4-4-----------|
E|-0-0-0-0-----------|

[Verse 3]
E           E           A      A    A      E7
All day the phoooone   rings, it's not for me
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|4-6-4--6/9-6-4-----|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

   A         A        A    A             E
At last good tidings fills my heart with glee

E|-------------------|
B|0-x-2-x-3-x-2-0----|
G|1-x-1-x-1-x-1-1----|
D|2-x-2-x-2-x-2-2----|
A|2-x-2-x-2-x-2-2----|
E|-------------------|
    F#7      F#7   F#7  F#7  B7
This message came from Tennessee
E|-0h2p0-2-------2---|
B|--------0---0-0----|
G|---------2-2-2-----|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

B7   B7        E7   E7    A     A      E7        E7  E7
Dear Sue, your eaeeeeeesy riiiiiiider struck this burg today
E7   A7         A7      A7        A7       E
On a southbound rattler beside the Pullman car
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|1------------------|
D|2-2~-0-0-2---------|
A|2---2-2------------|
E|0---0-0------------|

[Chorus 3]
B7          B7        B7     B7     A      B7  E A   A        A
 I seen him there and he was on the hooooog                  Oh you
                                             e|0-0-0-4~p0-4-0-|
B|0-0-5-5----5-5-|
G|4-6-0----------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
[Verse 4]
E  E  E   A      A      E      E     E      E
eeeeeesy riiiiiiiider's got to stay awaaaaaaaay
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|1-1-2-2-3----------|
D|2-2-2-2-2----------|
A|2-2-2-2-2----------|
E|0-0-0-0-0----------|

A    A    A     A      A       A    A     E   E Em
She had to vamp it     but the hike ain't far
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|----0h1p0-0-0h1p0--|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
     B7   B7           B7        B7              E    B7
He's gone wheeeere the Southern cross the Yellow Doooooog

[Outro]
E|4-4-/7-7--4-4-0~---0---0---0--------------------|
B|5-5-/8-8--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-4-4-3/4----------------|
G|-----------------6-6-5-5-5-5-3/4--1-1-2-2-3-2-1-|
D|----------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|----------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|----------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

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| x   Dead note
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down