Uneasy Rider '88 easy guitar chords by
The Charlie Daniels Band

1988•Country•

Intro 1

A

D

G

C

Verse 1

C

Me and my buddy got us a wild hair

F

And figured we wanted to go somewhere

G

C

So we loaded up in my ragtop Chevrolet

We had a little bit of money

and a whole lot of show

F

And with Hank Junior blaring on the radio

G

We got a tank full of gas

C

and we was on our way

We figured we'd go down to New Orleans

F

We were barrelling' down old 17

G

When a man

C

with a blinking red light was on our tail

He said, "You were doin' 60 in a 45

F

But I'm gonna let you go this time

G

But if I catch you again,

C

I'm gonna slap you in the county jail"

Verse 2

C

We said, "Thank you sir, you sure been nice

F

And you ain't gonna have to tell us twice"

G

And we were Southbound

C

and down with the wind blowing in our faces

We kept on rolling and pretty soon

F

The radio was cooking out a haggard tune

G

And we were pulling into Houston

C

and checking out all the places

I was feeling dry and I said, "I think

F

We ought to stop and get ourselves a drink"

G

C

Old Jim said, "Yeah 'cause we got time to kill"

We kept on rolling and I seen this spot

F

We pulled into the parking lot

G

Of this place called,

C

'The Cloud Nine Bar and Grill'

Verse 3

C

We walked through the door

and the place was jammed

F

The lights were low,

they had a punk rock band

G

And some orange haired feller

C

singing about suicide

I said, "Jim, this ain't our kind of place

F

He said, "Well,

let's just have one round anyway"

G

So against my better judgment

C

we walked on inside

Went up to the bar and we sat down

F

This feller walked up

and said, "I'll buy this round"

G

And he sat down

C

on the barstool next to Jim

He looked like a girl but he talked like a guy

F

He had lipstick on and mascara in his eyes

G

And everybody in that place

C

looked just about like him

Verse 4

C

I said, "Jim, this ain't our kind of bar

F

Let's just go on out and get back in the car

G

'Cause there's gonna be trouble,

C

ain't no sense in taking a chance"

We was getting up, getting ready to leave

F

When somebody

grabbed old Jim by the sleeve

G

And this good looking girl,

C

she was asking my buddy to dance

I said, "Jim, don't do it,

there's something missing

F

There's fellers dancing and fellers kissing

G

There's a feller in high heeled shoes

C

wearing panty hose"

He said, "Partner, I just can't turn this down

F

You just go over there

and have one more round

G

I'll dance with the lady

C

and we'll get on down the road"

Verse 5

C

So he walked away and left me alone

F

But this funny looking feller kept coming on

G

And he was making me mad

C

with some of the things he said

Then he put his hand on my knee

F

I said, "If you don't get your paw off me

G

I'm gonna locate your nose

C

around the other side of your head"

He said, "I love it

F

when you get that fire in your eye

G

I said, "Well, partner try this on for size"

And I unloaded on him

C

and he went out like a light

Everybody in that place

must have been his friend

F

They all headed for me, I said, "This is the end"

G

But where I come from,

C

we don't give up without a fight

Verse 6

C

They were screaming and yelling

and scratching and clawing

F

I was punching

and hitting and kicking and pawing

G

I was holding my own,

C

'cause I've been in a scrap or two

Old Jim come running up out of the blue

F

And that gal he was with,

come running up too

G

And proceeded to beat on me

C

with a high heel shoe

I grabbed her by the hair

it came off in my hand

F

And that beautiful girl was just a beautiful man

G

And old Jim

C

just got sick right there on the floor

He dropped that dude like a shot from a gun

F

Smeared his lipstick, made his makeup run

G

And me and old Jim

C

A

started fighting our way to the door

Verse 7

D

Man, we lit out of there in that Chevrolet

G

I put in on the floor

and it stayed that way

A

We was going' down the highway

D

doing about a hundred and ten

We were headed for home

and we was getting nearer

G

Then a red light came on the rear view mirror

A

And that same blame cop

D

B

was pulling us over again

Verse 8

E

Now I'm sitting' here in this county jail

A

I had to call my Daddy to go our bail

B

But I learned me a lesson

E

that I never will forget again

I've done give up drinking',

I've give up bars

A

And running

around the country in souped up cars

B

I'm going back where the women

E

are women and the men are men

G#m

A

Bbdim

B

E

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