Bikeriders

[G]
[G/f#] (2x0033)
[Em7]
[D]
[Cadd9]
[Asus4]

[G]Kathy met a girlfriend at a place over on grand
[G/f#]
Swore if she got out alive she'd not go back again
[Em7]Fellas didn’t know her and they scared her half to death
[D]Hand prints on her jeans she woulda just got up and left
[Cadd9]Thats when she saw Benny standing over by the bar
[G]Sat back down and waited til he came over to talk
[Asus4]Later on that night she was walking out the door
[G]Benny started up his bike the boys came out for more

[G/f#] [Em7] [D] [Cadd9]
Uh huh / oh oh oh

[G]They picked her up and put her on the back of Benny's bike
[G/f#]
Now Kathy's been with Benny Bauer ever since that night
[Em7]Tried to leave him many times but cant quite get away
[D]Seen more jails and courts and lawyers than she'd like to say
[Cadd9]But Benny's always been a fighter that’ll never change
[G]Kathy takes him home and heals him up all the same
[Asus4]He made it from the clubroom all the way out to the street
[G]They beat him with the barstools but he made it on his feet

[G/f#] [Em7] [D] [Cadd9]
Uh huh / oh oh oh

[G]_______[G/f#]___________[Em7]___________[D]________________[Cadd9]
Kathy's running to her boy picks him up and takes him home
[G]_______[G/f#]_________[Em7]________[D]_______________[Cadd9]
Benny's crying Kathy please I'm sorry don't you know

I'm sorry don't you [Asus4]know
I'm sorry don't you [D]know

[G]At a bar they call the Stoplight the fellas drink their beer
[G/f#]
Women with their hair done up they make it very clear
[Em7]Which one of the fellas is all theirs and can’t be touched
[D]Doesn’t mean the motorcycle riders just give up
[Cadd9]On talking to the pretty ladies every one they can
[G]Never seen the trouble caused all by just one dance
[Asus4]If Benny don’t get himself shot tonight he'll wish he did
when he [G]gets home

[G/f#] [Em7] [D] [Cadd9]
Uh huh / oh oh oh

[G]Now Kathy's dating Benny and he keeps her by his side
[G/f#]
Kathy's still the cutest girl these boys'll ever find
[Em7]Riders line up BSAs out on the scramblers track
[D]Levis jeans and leather jackets numbers on their backs
[Cadd9]Benny's bike's too big to race in the two fifty class
[G]They make him start way up the hill out by the railroad tracks
[Asus4]Tomorrow they’ll all ride across the Illinois state line
[G]To the motorcycle blessing at the St Christopher shrine

[G/f#] [Em7] [D] [Cadd9]
Uh huh / oh oh oh

[G]_______[G/f#]____________[Em7]__________[D]_________[Cadd9]
Kathy's walking out the door leaving Benny all alone
[G]_______[G/f#]_________[Em7]____[D]______________[Cadd9]
Benny's crying Kathy please baby don't you go
Baby don't you [Asus4]go
Baby don't you [Cadd9]go

[G]____________[G/f#]_________[Em7]
Kathy do you mean it this time
[G]________________[G/f#]__________[Em7]
Leave him in the middle of the night
His [Asus4]wallet's on your table his boots are on your floor
The c[D]ar's parked right outside your back door

_____[G]_________[G/f#]___________[Em7]
Just leave him asleep in your bed
and you’re [Asus4]halfway to Chicago
[D]before goodbye is [G]said

[G/f#] [Em7] [D] [Cadd9] [Asus4] [G]

Brian's lead:

As soon as the fast parts of each verse start, Brian starts playing single notes that
follow Ben's chords.
He goes down the D string from G(5) to F
(around "than she'd like to say") he starts playing this lead and it lasts about 30 seconds.
Pan right to hear it clearly. I didn't bother to count the rapidly repeated D notes, but
you'll be able to tell when you're playing it.
The whole thing repeats again in the second half of the song, and if it changes at all,
the differnces are small.

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|-----------------|------------|
|-------0-4-5-5s7-|(7x?)-9-7-5-|
|-0-2s4-----------|------------|
|-----------------|------------|
|-----------------|------------|

|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-4-5-4s2s4---4-5-4s2s4-|-s7-(7x?)-9-7-5-|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|

|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-4-5--4-5--4-5--4---|-4----4----4----4---|
|------------------5-|---5----5----5----5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|

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--------------------|---------------|----------------|
-4-5s7-(7x?)-7s9-7s5|-4-5-4s2s4-4-5-|-4---4---4---4--|
--------------------|---------------|---5---5---5--5-|
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