TRAVELLING RIVERSIDE BLUES
As recorded by Led Zeppelin
(From the 1982 Album CODA)

Guitar is tuned to Open G: DGDGBD

[Intro]
         
     
              

      
              

/  
    Hey
             
             
            
  That's right

     

      



[Verse 1]

  Asked sweet 

mama, let me b

e her kid

She said, "You

 might get hur

t if you don't

 keep it behin

d"
     
Well, I know m

y baby if I se

e her in the d

ark
            
I said, I know

             
 my rider   if

           
 I see her in 

the dark
        

[Chorus]
              
Now, I'm going

           
 to Rosedale, 

       
take my rider 

     
by my side
             
Still barrel h

          
ouse, cause it

       
's on    the  

           
riverside, yea

 
h
            
I know my baby

          
, Lord, I  sai

       
d,    is reall

         
y sloppy drunk
              
I know my mama

        
, Lord, a brow

           
n-skin, but sh

        
e ain't no plu

        
m, uh-huh.

[Verse 2]

  See my baby,

 tell her, tel

l her hurry ho

me
             
Had no loving 

              
since my baby 

         
been gone
              
See my baby, t

              
ell her hurry 

       
on home
            
I ain't had, L

              
ord, my right 

     
mind
           
Since my rider

               
's been gone

[Chorus]
             
Hey, she promi

            
ses, she's my 

            
rider
             
I want to tell

         
 you,    she's

        
 my  rider
              
Know you're mi

        
ne,    she's m

      
y rider
             
She ain't but 

         
sixteen,    bu

          
t she's my rid

     
er

[Verse 3]

I'm going to R

osedale, take 

my rider by my

 side

Anybody argue 

with me man I'

ll keep them s

atisfied
            
Well, I   see 

              
my baby, tell 

              
her the shape 

    
I'm in
              
Ain't had no l

             
ovin'  Lord si

             
nce you know  

        
when

[Interlude]
                x4

[Guitar Solo]
          
          Ah, 

              
why won't you 

              
come in my kit

          
chen
         

[Chorus]
             
  She's a kind

                         
hearted baby
              
She studies ev

           
il all the tim

           
e
              
She's a kindhe

                     
arted woman
              
She studies ev

            
il all the tim

           
e

[Verse 3]

Squeeze my lem

on 'til the ju

ice runs down 

my leg

Squeeze it so hard, I'll fall right out of bed
       
And you   sque

eze my lemon
              
'til the juice

          
 runs down   m

y leg

I wonder if yo

u know what I'

m talking abou

t
            
Oh, but the wa

              
y that you squ

              
eeze it girl, 

  
uh
              
I swear I'm go

              
nna fall right

            
 out of bed

  Ah, she's a 

good rider

[Outro]
                x4
           
  I wanna take

          
 my rider by m

         
y    side, yea

    
h
              
I said her fro

           
nt   teeth are

      
 lined with go

    
ld
              
She's got a mo

        
rtgage on my b

          
ody, got a lie

     
n   on my   so

  
ul
       
              

       
     She's my 

        
brown-skinned 

               
sugar plum