Samantha Rise – Rye Grass Riders Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Samantha Rise – Rye Grass Riders Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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INTRO
   C G     D     C G     D

VERSE:
 G                         Bm
Them old timers they come rolling in
 C                             D
Grab themselves a seat by the fire
  G                 Bm
Their old faces so scarred and worn,
         C                       D
They’re wild like the land they ride
 G
They tell their tales of how
     Bm
they owe their lives
    C                  D
To buckskin mules and old buck knives,
G                  Bm
No true love they sacrificed
          C          D
For them old coyote lives

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CHORUS:
Am                 Em          D
  So throw another log on the fire
                      Em   D      C
Hear the tales of the old west revival
             G                  D  D
Take a load off, listen for a while
Am        Em                D
  Take a pull and pass the bottle
                    Em
Pass it over to the old
 D        C
Ryegrass Riders
             G                  D  D
Take a load off, listen for a while

VERSE:
  G                        Bm
Sheep Beater Jim, used to ride
with him
        C                     D
On the old trap lines in the howlin’
wind
       G                    Bm
But a few good years on the Upper
Green,
          C                     D
‘Til the law came in like some new
machine
           G                 Bm
Went from getting’ skins to crude
run-ins
 C              D
Crooked lawmen creepin’ in
          G
And they took their land with
       Bm
their guns and greed
          C
And they shot Jimmy down and
      D
they watched him bleed

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CHORUS:
Am                 Em          D
  So throw another log on the fire
                      Em
Hear the tales of the old
 D      C
west revival
             G                  D  D
Take a load off, listen for a while
     Am              Em
Yea yeah you take a pull and
          D
pass the bottle
                    Em
Pass it over to the old
 D        C
Ryegrass Riders
             G                  D  D
Take a load off, listen for a while

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INSTRUMENTAL:
G  Bm  C  D
G  Bm  C  D
G       Bm  C        D
  (You make me love you)
G  Bm  C  D

VERSE:
 G                     Bm
Them old stories they start to fade
          C                 D
With the howling wolves of yesterday
 G               Bm
Cattle wars and unsettled scores
         C                       D
Between outlaw brothers and two bit
whores
      G                  Bm
And though they died so long ago
                    C
Feels like they’re right by the
         D
fire to take a pull
           G                  Bm
And we'll never know all the seeds
they sow
           C                    D
When they yoked that wagon and said
            Am
goodbye Chicago

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CHORUS:
 Am                 Em         D
Just throw another log on the fire
                      Em
Hear the tales of the old
 D      C
west revival
             G                  D
Take a load off, listen for a while
                              Am
Don't you listen yeah, yeah, yeah
            Em                D
You take a pull and pass the bottle
                     Em
Pass it over to them old
 D        C
Ryegrass Riders
             G                  D
Take a load off, listen for a while

OUTRO:
 D           Am            Em
Why, why did I take a load off,
               D
listen for a while
 D
Listen oh oh a while
C    G                D
 I I I listen for a while oh oh oh
Am             Em
Oh take a load off listen
         D  D
for a while
C             G
 Take a load off and listen
         D
 for a while
          Am
A whi-iii-le
            Em                 D
Take a load off listen for a while

How to play Rye Grass Riders: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Rye Grass Riders by Samantha Rise on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Rye Grass Riders by Samantha Rise, think in G major (one sharp: F♯). It takes 6 chords: C, G, D, Bm, Am and Em.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – G – Bm – C (V – I – iii – IV in G major). In solfa, that is soh – doh – mi – fah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
Bm chord on guitar (x24432)
BmB D F♯
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B

Rye Grass Riders chords: questions

What key is Rye Grass Riders in?

Rye Grass Riders by Samantha Rise is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯).

What chords are in Rye Grass Riders?

Rye Grass Riders uses 6 chords: C, G, D, Bm, Am, Em.

What is the chord progression of Rye Grass Riders?

The main progression is D – G – Bm – C (V – I – iii – IV).

Is Rye Grass Riders easy to play on guitar?

Yes. Almost every chord is an open chord, so it suits beginners.

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