Rider In The Rain

RIDER IN THE RAIN - RANDY NEWMAN

( lyrics partly from ftp.uwp.edu, beware of errors )

Slow, relaxed, like if yer riding a horse, kinda.

Got a gun in my holster, got a horse between my knees

and I'm goin' to Arizona, pardon me boys if ya please

(same chords)

I have been a desperado, raped and pillages 'cross the plain

Now, I'm goin' to Arizona, just a rider in the rain

He's a rider in the rain

He's a rider in the rain

and I'm goin' to Arizona

He's a rider in the rain

Oh, my mother's in St. Louis, and my bride's in Tennessee

So, I'm goin' to Arizona, with a banjo on my knee

Used to work in Uncle's feed store, while he was fightin' in the war

Now I'm goin' to Arizona, ain't gonna work for him no more

I'm the son of the prairie, and the wind that sweeps the plain

So, I'm goin' to Arizona, just a rider in the rain

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.

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.