CF
Well I was out a-ridin
CG
Graveyard shift midnight till dawn
FC
The moon was as bright as a reading light
GC
For a letter from an old friend back home
c d e
(Chorus) And he asked me
FGC c d e
Why does he ride for his money
FGC
Why does he rope for short pay
c d e FG
He ain't gettin' nowhere
CF e d c
And he's loosin his share
FGC
He must have gone crazy out there
He tells me
Last night he run on to Jenny
She's married and has a good life
Boy you sure missed the track
When you never came back
She's the perfect professonals wife
And she asked him (Chorus)
Well I read up the last of my letter
Tore off the stamp for black Jim
Billy road up to releave me
He just looked at my letter and grinned
And he said (Chorus)
FGC
(Bridge) But they've never seen the Northern Lights
FGC
Never seen a hawk on the wing
FGCF e d c
Never seen the spring hit the Great Divide
FGC
Never heard ol' Camp Cookie sing
FCGC
Yolel
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.