C        F             C                     F                            C

Got a gun in my holster - Got a horse between my knees

               F              C                  G                           C 

And I'm goin' to Arizona - Pardon me, boys, if you please.

C           F                 C                       F                            C                                         

I have been a desperado - Raped and pillaged 'cross the plain

                F               C                 G              C 

Now I'm goin' to Arizona - Just a rider in the rain.

         Am               C               Am           C 

He's a rider in the rain - he's a rider in the rain

               F              C                G                C 

And I'm goin' to Arizona - he's a rider in the rain.

Oh, my mother's in St. Louis - And my bride's in Tennessee

So, I'm goin' to Arizona - With a banjo on my knee.

He's a rider ...

Used to work in Uncle's feed store - While he was fightin' in the war

Now, I'm goin' to Arizona - Ain't gonna work him no more.

I'm the son of the prairie - And the wind that sweeps the plain

So, I'm goin' to Arizona - Just a rider in the rain.

I'm a rider ...