Night Riders Lament

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While I was out a-ridin'
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The grave yard shift, midnight 'til
  A
 dawn
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The moon was bright as a readin' 
    Bm
light
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For a letter from an old friend 
   D     D7
back home.

D7
And he asked me
G           A             D
Why do you ride for your money
        G          A              
Tell me why do you rope for short 
D
pay
           G         A
You ain't gettin' nowhere
            D           G  G/F# Em
And you're losin' your sha-a-a-are
          A           G      
Boy, you must-a gone crazy out 
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there.

[Verse 2]
         D                     G
He said last night I ran onto Jenny
       D                      A
She's married and has a good life
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Boy you sure missed the track
          D         Bm
When you never come back
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           A          G        
She's the perfect professional's 
   D    D7
wife.

D7
And she asked me
G            A            D
Why does he ride for his money
            G            A     
And tell me why does he rope for 
         D
short pay
          G         A
He ain't gettin' nowhere
          D          G G/F# Em
And he's losin' his sha-a-a-are
    A            G         D     D7
He must've gone crazy out there.

[Chorus]
D7           G     A        D  
But they've never seen the 
      Bm
Northern Lights
 G            A           D
Never seen a hawk on the wing
        G           A             
They've never seen spring hit the 
D       G G/F# Em
Great Divi-i-i-ide
            A               G  
And they've never heard old camp 
         D
cookie sing.

[Verse 3]
D                              G
Well I read up the last of my letter
D                            A
Tore off the stamp for Black Jim.
      G         A       D       Bm
When Billy rode up to relieve me
         A            G           
He just looked at my letter and he
  D       D7
 grinned.

D7
And he said
G            A              D
Why do they ride for their money
        G            A            
Tell me why do they rope for short
  D
 pay
            G         A
They ain't gettin' nowhere
             D            G G/F# Em
And they're losin' their sha-a-a-are
           A            G        
Yeah, they all must be crazy out 
D     D7
there.

[Chorus]
D7           G     A        D  
But they've never seen the 
      Bm
Northern Lights
         G            A        
They've never seen a hawk on the 
   D
wing
         G          A             
They've never seen spring hit the 
D       G G/F# Em
Great Divi-i-ide
             A               G 
And they've never heard old camp 
           D
cookie sing.

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