MIDNIGHT RIDER
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND

[Intro]
D x 4
[Band Joins]
[Main riff x4]

[Verse]
Main riff over
I got to run to keep from hiding
And I'm bound to keep on riding
And I've got one more silver dollar

[Chorus]

But I'm not go

nna let them c

atch me, no
   
  Not gonna le

t them catch t

he midnight ri

der

[Verse]
I don't own the clothes I'm wearing
And the road goes on forever
And I've got one more silver dollar
But I'm not gonna let them catch me, no
Not gonna let them catch the midnight rider

[Solo]
Main Riff x 4

[Bridge]
  ( 
Main Riff x 4

    



[Verse]
I've gone past the point of caring
Some old bed I'll soon be sharing
And I've got one more silver dollar

[Chorus](Repeat 3x)
No I'm not gonna let them catch me, no
Not gonna let them catch the midnight rider

(Now, the album version fades out here.  The following is an optional ending, taken from 
a live performance with Sonny Landreth on slide guitar)

[Outro](Slide Solo)(keep this one goin’ for a while to stretch time)
Repeat Chorus ad-lib

[Ending]
(SLIDE GUITAR WILL PLAY CHORUS CHORDS, THEN)
But I'm not gonna let them catch me, no
  
Not gonna let 


them catch the

 midnight ride

r

HOLD ON  for a bit, then a final  chord