Moonlight Rider is on “Dream Babies Go Hollywood”, RSO, 1980, and on “John Stewart: Best Of.....Turning Music Into Gold”, Polydor; 1995, CD-reissue of the albums “Bombs Away Dream Babies” and “Dream Babies Go Hollywood”, plus two previously unreleased versions of ‘Hard Time Town’ and ‘Children of The Morning’.
Fast little song, not that difficult to play. So do.
(first guitar)
(G6) (G6) (G6) (G6)
(G6) (G6) (G6) (G6) (first guitar plays (G6) for much of the song)
(enters second guitar, that´s the one to follow)
(G) (C) (G) (C) (G) (C) (D) (G) (C)
(G) (C) (D) (G) (C) (G) (C)
Oh, (G)who's down now? (C)You're down now,
You (G)better get shaking and (C)don't ask how,
Like a (G)moonlight rider and a (C)
Ah, (C)who´s down now,
A (G)moonlight rider and a (C)
And it's (G)one time, two time, (C)looking in a shoeshine,
(G)Looking anywhere for the (C)one time, good time,
(G)Moonlight rider and a (C)
Ah, (C)who now-now,
A (G)moonlight rider and a (C)
Now n-(G)now now n-n-now (C)now now now
N- n-(G)now now n-n-now (C)now now now
N-n (G)Now now n-n- now (C)now now (D)now now (G)now
N-now (C)now
N-n (G)Now now n-n- now (C)now now (D)now now (G)now
(G6) (G6) (G6) (G6) (G6) (G6) (G6) (G6)
And it's (G)all the same, it's the (C)wind and the rain,
It's (G)working all your life for a (C)little bit of fame,
Like a (G)moonlight rider and a (C)
Ah, (C)who now-now,
Like a (G)moonlight rider and a (C)
Ah, (G)who's down now? (C)You're down now,
You´d (G)better get shaking and (C)don't ask how,
Like a (G)moonlight rider and a (C)
Ah, (C)who now-now,
Like a (G)moonlight rider and a (C)
Ah, (C)who now-now,
Like a (G)moonlight rider and a (C)
© John Stewart, All Rights Reserved
Charlie Woodward, janhauenstein@gmx.de & Art Faller
April-October 2007