Bikeriders Lyrics

G/F# (2x0033)
Kathy met a girlfriend at a place over on grand
Swore if she got out alive she'd not go back again
Fellas didn't know her and they scared her half to death
Hand prints on her jeans she woulda just got up and left
Thats when she saw Benny standing over by the bar
Sat back down and waited til he came over to talk
Later on that night she was walking out the door
Benny started up his bike the boys came out for more
Uh huh / oh oh oh
They picked her up and put her on the back of Benny's bike
Now Kathy's been with Benny Bauer ever since that night
Tried to leave him many times but cant quite get away
Seen more jails and courts and lawyers than she'd like to say
But Benny's always been a fighter that'll never change
Kathy takes him home and heals him up all the same
He made it from the clubroom all the way out to the street
They beat him with the barstools but he made it on his feet
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
____________________Asus
I'm sorry don't you know
____________________D
I'm sorry don't you know
At a bar they call the Stoplight the fellas drink their beer
Women with their hair done up they make it very clear
Which one of the fellas is all theirs and can't be touched
Doesn't mean the motorcycle riders just give up
On talking to the pretty ladies every one they can
Never seen the trouble caused all by just one dance
If Benny don't get himself shot tonight he'll wish he did
________G
when he gets home
Uh huh / oh oh oh
Now Kathy's dating Benny and he keeps her by his side
Kathy's still the cutest girl these boys'll ever find
Riders line up BSAs out on the scramblers track
Levis jeans and leather jackets numbers on their backs
Benny's bike's too big to race in the two fifty class
They make him start way up the hill out by the railroad tracks
Tomorrow they'll all ride across the Illinois state line
To the motorcycle blessing at the St Christopher shrine
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
_______________Asus
Baby don't you go
_______________Cadd9
Baby don't you go
G____________G/F#_________Em7
Kathy do you mean it this time
G________________G/F#__________Em7
Leave him in the middle of the night
____Asus
His wallet's on your table his boots are on your floor
_____D
The car's parked right outside your back door
_____G_________G/F#___________Em7
Just leave him asleep in your bed
___________Asus
and you're halfway to Chicago
D_________________G
before goodbye is said
us
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#(4) to E(2) to D(open). When he get to D
(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.
|-------0-4-5-5s7-|(7x?)-9-7-5-|
|-0-2s4-----------|------------|
|-4-5-4s2s4---4-5-4s2s4-|-s7-(7x?)-9-7-5-|
-4-5s7-(7x?)-7s9-7s5|-4-5-4s2s4-4-5-|-4---4---4---4--|