Travelling Riverside Blues Chords

by Led Zeppelin
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: D G D G B D
Key: G
Capo: no capo
Author Neckwringer [a] 408,381. Last edit on Jul 30, 2022
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Chords

G
Em7
G/D
G/C
G/B
Bb
C
G7/F
G7
C7
D7
Bb5
G/Eb
G/F
D5
Em
F

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TRAVELLING RIVERSIDE BLUES
As recorded by Led Zeppelin
(From the 1982 Album CODA)
 
Guitar is tuned to Open G: DGDGBD
 
[Intro]
G    Em7 G/D  G/C  G/B
G  Bb C Bb G7/F  Em7  G/D  G/C  G/B
                                Hey
G  Bb C Bb G7/F  Em7  G/D  G/C  G/B
G  Bb C Bb G7/F  Em7  G/D  G/C  G/B
G            Bb C Bb G7/F  Em7  G/D  G/C  G/B
  That's right
 
[Verse 1]
G7
  Asked sweet mama, let me be her kid
G7
She said, "You might get hurt if you don't keep it behind"
     C7
Well, I know my baby if I see her in the dark
  D7                    C              Bb5
I said, I know my rider   if I see her in the dark
G  G7/F  Em7  G/Eb  G
 
[Chorus]
                      Bb C    Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B G
Now, I'm going to Rosedale, take my rider by my side
             Bb C         Bb   G G/F Em7       G/D      G/B G
Still barrel house, cause it's on    the  riverside, yeah
            Bb  C     Bb G   G7/F Em7       G/D    G/C  G/B G
I know my baby, Lord, I  said,    is really sloppy drunk
                Bb C    Bb G        Em7          G/D G/C      G/B  G
I know my mama, Lord, a brown-skin, but she ain't no plum, uh-huh.
 
[Verse 2]
G
  See my baby, tell her, tell her hurry home
G                                    C7
Had no loving since my baby been gone
                                   G7
See my baby, tell her hurry on home
  D5                             C
I ain't had, Lord, my right mind
           Bb5        G7/F   Em  G/Eb  G
Since my rider's been gone
 
[Chorus]
G                        Bb C Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B  G
Hey, she promises, she's my rider
  G               Bb C Bb    G  G7/F Em7 G/D G/C G/B G
I want to tell you,    she's my  rider
                Bb C  Bb   G  G7/F Em G/D G/C G/B
Know you're mine,    she's my rider
    G                Bb C Bb  G        G7/F Em G/D G/C G/B G7
She ain't but sixteen,    but she's my rider
 
[Verse 3]
G7
I'm going to Rosedale, take my rider by my side
G7
Anybody argue with me man I'll keep them satisfied
        C7                                    G7
Well, I   see my baby, tell her the shape I'm in
                   C                    G      G7/F Em7 G/Eb G
Ain't had no lovin'  Lord since you know  when
 
[Interlude]
G    Bb C Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B x4
 
[Guitar Solo]
G7     C7                                       D7  C7  G
          Ah, why won't you come in my kitchen
G      G7/F Em7 G/Eb G
 
[Chorus]
G                          Bb C Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B G
  She's a kindhearted baby
                     Bb  C   Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B G
She studies evil all the time
                      Bb C  Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B G
She's a kindhearted woman
                         Bb C  Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B
She studies evil all the time
 
[Verse 3]
G7
Squeeze my lemon 'til the juice runs down my leg
 
Squeeze it so hard, I'll fall right out of bed
       C7
And you   squeeze my lemon
                        G7
'til the juice runs down   my leg
G7
I wonder if you know what I'm talking about
            D7                              C7
Oh, but the way that you squeeze it girl, uh
                                    G7  G7/F Em G/Eb
I swear I'm gonna fall right out of bed
C
  Ah, she's a good rider
 
[Outro]
G    Bb C Bb G  G7/F  Em7  G/D G/C G/B x4
G         Bb   C     Bb G    G7/F   F      G/D G/C G/B G
  I wanna take my rider by my    side, yeah
                Bb C         Bb  G G7/F  Em7 G/D G/C G/B G
I said her front   teeth are lined with gold
                Bb   C  Bb G     G7/F     Em7 G/D  G/C    G/B
She's got a mortgage on my body, got a lien   on my   soul
G  Bb C  Bb G G7/F       Em7  G/D     G/C       G/B   G  Bb C  Bb G
                   She's my brown-skinned sugar plum
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