Chords
Travelling Riverside Blues

Key: G

Introduction:

 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 
    That's right
 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

                                             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.
 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 
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/FEm  G/D  G/C  G/B 
Know you're mine,       she's my rider
         G                               Bb  C  Bb   G               G7/FEm  G/D  G/C  G/B  G7 
She ain't but sixteen,       but she's my rider
 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 
Ain't had no lovin'   Lord since you know   when
           G       Bb  C  Bb  G   G7/F   Em7   G/D  G/C  G/Bx4 
Guitar Solo
 G7         C7                                                                             D7   C7   G 
                    Ah, why won't you come in my kitchen

 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
 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/FEm  G 
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     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