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Verse 1
 E        Dm       E               F                       Dm
Rita why have you gone? I've been missing you for far too long
            E
I feel so blue, haven't you heard?
          F                       Dm                    E
I am the lonesome rider hear the lonesome rider's call home

 E            Dm       E             F                   Dm
Reaper where have you gone? See the lonesome rider carry on
              E
His pain so blue, haven't you heard?
           F                       Dm                    E
He is the lonesome rider it's the lonesome rider's call home

Chorus
Am                     Dm
 Just feel all the love I'm giving you
G                     C
 I'm back from the war I've been missing you
Am                  Dm             G                  C                    B7
 Where have you gone, my baby blue? I'm here all alone I've been bleeding too

Verse 2
E              Dm        E              F                     Dm
Reaper, please take him home he's been wandering for far too long
              E
He feels so blue, haven't you heard?
           F                       Dm                    E
He is the lonesome rider it's the lonesome rider's call home

Chorus
Am                     Dm
 Just feel all the love I'm giving you
G                     C
 I'm back from the war I've been missing you
Am                  Dm             G                  C                    B7
 Where have you gone, my baby blue? I'm here all alone I've been bleeding too

Int

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Woah, woah oh oh ohhh woah oh oh ohhh woah oh oh ohhh woah oh 
  G              D/F#            C               D
 Ohh, woah oh oh ohhh woah oh oh ohhh woah oh oh ohhh woah oh oh

Bridge
G               D/F#             C             D
The dark reaper led the cowboy ahead into his final sunset
G               D/F#                  C                    D
The dawn soon to come a cold wind will blow he's on his way home
    C               D
My love never will we be apart
           G                Em               C
And we'll feel the sadness peeling from our fate
                 D               G              Em               D
The day has now come where we belong together again farewell so long

Int

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Verse 3
 E        Dm    E
Rita, I'm not alone
       F                                                 Dm
I can see you waiting in the doorway of our little cabin home
           E
I feel so new, haven't you heard?
           F                      Dm                E
I was the lonesome rider and the lonesome rider is home  

Chorus
Am                     Dm
 Just feel all the love I'm giving you
G                     C
 I'm back from the war I've been missing you
Am                  Dm                               
 Where have you gone, my baby blue? 
G                  C                    B7   Em
 I'm here all alone I've been bleeding too