Travelling Riverside Blues

	  		Guitar is tuned to Open G: DGDGBD 

Intro 
G    Em7 G/D  G/C  G/B 
G  Bb C Bb G7/F  Em7  G/D  G/C  G/B 
                                Hey 
G  Bb C Bb G7/F  Em7  G/D  G/C  G/B 
G  Bb C Bb G7/F  Em7  G/D  G/C  G/B 
G            Bb C Bb G7/F  Em7  G/D  G/C  G/B 
  That's right 

Verse 1:
 
G7 
  Asked sweet mama, let me be her kid 
G7 
She said, "You might get hurt if you don't keep it behind" 
     C7 
Well, I know my baby if I see her in the dark 
  D7                    C              Bb5 
I said, I know my rider   if I see her in the dark 
G  G7/F  Em7  G/Eb  G 


                      Bb C    Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B G 
Now, I'm going to Rosedale, take my rider by my side 
             Bb C         Bb   G G/F Em7       G/D      G/B G 
Still barrel house, cause it's on    the  riverside, yeah 
            Bb  C     Bb G   G7/F Em7       G/D    G/C  G/B G 
I know my baby, Lord, I  said,    is really sloppy drunk 
                Bb C    Bb G        Em7          G/D G/C      G/B  G 
I know my mama, Lord, a brown-skin, but she ain't no plum, uh-huh. 


Verse 2:
 
G 
  See my baby, tell her, tell her hurry home 
G                                    C7 
Had no loving since my baby been gone 
                                   G7 
See my baby, tell her hurry on home 
  D5                             C 
I ain't had, Lord, my right mind 
           Bb5        G7/F   Em  G/Eb  G 
Since my rider's been gone 

 
G                        Bb C Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B  G 
Hey, she promises, she's my rider 
  G               Bb C Bb    G  G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B G 
I want to tell you,    she's my  rider 
                Bb C  Bb   G  G7/F Em G/D G/C G/B 
Know you're mine,    she's my rider 
    G                Bb C Bb  G        G7/F Em G/D G/C G/B G7 
She ain't but sixteen,    but she's my rider 


Verse 3:
 
G7 
I'm going to Rosedale, take my rider by my side 
G7 
Anybody argue with me man I'll keep them satisfied 
        C7                                    G7 
Well, I   see my baby, tell her the shape I'm in 
                   C                    G      G7/F Em7 G/Eb G 
Ain't had no lovin'  Lord since you know  when 

Interlude: G    Bb C Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B x4 

Guitar Solo 
G7     C7                                       D7  C7  G 
          Ah, why won't you come in my kitchen 
G      G7/F Em7 G/Eb G 


G                          Bb C Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B G 
  She's a kindhearted baby 
                     Bb  C   Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B G 
She studies evil all the time 
                      Bb C  Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B G 
She's a kindhearted woman 
                         Bb C  Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B 
She studies evil all the time 


Verse 3:
G7 
Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg 

Squeeze it so hard, I'll fall right out of bed 
       C7 
And you   squeeze my lemon 
                        G7 
'til the juice runs down   my leg 
G7 
I wonder if you know what I'm talking about 
            D7                              C7 
Oh, but the way that you squeeze it girl, uh 
                                    G7  G7/F Em G/Eb 
I swear I'm gonna fall right out of bed 
C 
  Ah, she's a good rider 

Outro 
G    Bb C Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B x4 
G         Bb   C     Bb G    G7/F   F      G/D G/C G/B G 
  I wanna take my rider by my    side, yeah 
                Bb C         Bb  G G7/F  Em7 G/D G/C G/B G 
I said her front   teeth are lined with gold 
                Bb   C  Bb G     G7/F     Em7 G/D  G/C    G/B 
She's got a mortgage on my body, got a lien   on my   soul 
G  Bb C  Bb G G7/F       Em7  G/D     G/C       G/B   G  Bb C  Bb G 
                   She's my brown-skinned sugar plum