Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

INTRO
 C  % 

F                 C
  Got a gun in my holster
F                        C
  Got a horse between my knees
        F  F#?    C/G
And I'm goin' to Arizona
       G       G/B      C
Pardon me, boys, if you please

F                    C
  I have been a desperado
          F                   C
Raped and pillaged 'cross the plain
         F  F#?    C/G
Now, I'm goin' to Arizona
       G     G/B    C
Just a rider in the rain

       Am           C
He's a rider in the rain
       F            C
He's a rider in the rain
        F  F#?    C/G
And I'm goin' to Arizona
       G  G/B       C
He's a rider in the rain

F                        C
  Oh, my mother's in St. Louis
F                         C
  And my bride's in Tennessee
        F  F#?    C/G
So, I'm goin' to Arizona
       G     G/B   C
With a banjo on my knee

       Am           C
He's a rider in the rain (I'm a rider in the rain)
       F            C
He's a rider in the rain
        F  F#?    C/G
And I'm goin' to Arizona
       G  G/B       C
He's a rider in the rain

        F               C
Used to work in Uncle's feed store
             F               C
While he was fightin' in the war
        F  F#?    C/G
Now I'm goin' to Arizona
            G   G/B         C
Ain't gonna work for him no more

        F          C
I'm the son of the prairie
        F                    C
And the wind that sweeps the plain
        F  F#?    C/G
So, I'm goin' to Arizona
       G     G/B   C
Just a rider in the rain

      Am           C
I'm a rider in the rain 
      F            C
I'm a rider in the rain
         F  F#?    C/G
And he's goin' to Arizona
       G  G/B       C
Just a rider in the rain

       Am           C
He's a rider in the rain (I'm a rider in the rain)
       F            C
He's a rider in the rain (You know I'm a rider)
        F  F#?    C/G    Am [break]
And I'm goin' to Arizona
       G            C             C6 (break)
Just a rider in the rain (ritardando)

Take it boys ...

[ F  C  F  C  F F#?  C/G  G G/B  C 
[ F  C  F  C  F F#?  C/G  G G/B  C 
(repeat and fade)