| D | G | D | A | |
| One | night while I was out | ridin' The | graveyard shift, midnight 'til | dawn |
| G | A | D | Bm | A | G | D | |
| The | moon was | bright as a | readin' | light For a | letter from an | old friend back | home. |
| G | A | D | G | A | D | |
| And he asked me | Why do you | ride for your | money Tell me | why do you | rope for short | pay |
| G | A | D | Bm | A | G | |
| You ain't | gettin' no | where and you're | losin' your | share |
| A | G | D | |
| Boy, you | must have gone | crazy out | there. |
| D | G | D | A | |
| He said | last night I run onto | Jenny She's | married and she has a good | life. |
| G | A | D | Bm | |
| Boy, you | sure missed the | track when you | never came | back |
| A | G | D | |
| She's the | perfect pro | fessional's | wife. |
| G | A | D | G | A | D | |
| And she asked me | why does he | ride for his | money And | tell me why does he | rope for short | pay |
| G | A | D | Bm | A | G | |
| He ain't | gettin' now | here and he's | losin' his | shar | e |
| A | G | D | |
| Boy, he | must've gone | crazy out | there. |
| G | A | D | Bm | G | A | D | |
| Ah, but they've | never | seen the | Northen | Lights, they've | never seen a | hawk on the | wing |
| G | A | D | Bm | A | G | |
| They | never spent | spring on the | Great Di | vide | , |
| A | G | D | E | |
| And they've | never heard ole' | camp cookie | sing. |
| E | A | E | B | |
| Well, I read up the last of my | letter, And I | tore off the stamp for black | Jim. |
| A | B | E | C#m | B | A | E | |
| And when | Billy rode | up to relieve | me, | He just | looked at my | letter and | grinned. |
| A | B | E | A | B | E | |
| He said now | why do they | ride for their | money, Tell me | why do they | ride for short | pay |
| A | B | E | C#m | B | A | |
| They ain't | gettin' now | here and they're | losin' their | share |
| B | A | E | |
| Boy, they | must've gone | crazy out | there |
| A | B | E | |
| Son, they | all must be c | razy out t | here. |
| E | |
| Have fun with the yodeling part! Yodel in the key of E, after the last * | there* go back |
| to A, E, B, E over and over again until you run out of breath or clear the room. |
| Ken |
| Ken |