Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

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Got a gun in my holster

Got a horse between my knees

 And I'm goin' to Arizona

 Pardon me, boys, if you please

I have been a desperado

 Raped and pillaged 'cross the plain

 Now, I'm goin' to Arizona

 Just a rider in the rain

 He's a rider in the rain

 He's a rider in the rain

 And I'm goin' to Arizona

 He's a rider in the rain

Oh, my mother's in St. Louis

And my bride's in Tennessee

 So, I'm goin' to Arizona

 With a banjo on my knee

 He's a rider in the rain (I'm a rider in the rain)

 He's a rider in the rain

 And I'm goin' to Arizona

 He's a rider in the rain

 Used to work in Uncle's feed store

 While he was fightin' in the war

 Now I'm goin' to Arizona

 Ain't gonna work for him no more

 I'm the son of the prairie

 And the wind that sweeps the plain

 So, I'm goin' to Arizona

 Just a rider in the rain

 I'm a rider in the rain

 I'm a rider in the rain

 And he's goin' to Arizona

 Just a rider in the rain

 He's a rider in the rain (I'm a rider in the rain)

 He's a rider in the rain (You know I'm a rider)

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And I'm goin' to Arizona

 Just a rider in the rain (ritardando)

Take it boys ...

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(repeat and fade)