Where Is Your RiderCifra de Cavaquinho

 
 

Intro 
Bm E 

Bm                               E 
Was it you 'mid the fire and the ember? 
Bm                            E 
Were you there to bedevil and beguile? 
Bm                               E 
See, your face wasn't quite as I remember 
Bm                                   E 
But I know that wicked shape to your smile 

(banjo picking) 

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Bury me as it pleases you, lover 
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At sea, or deep within the catacomb 
Bm                                  E 
But these bones never rested while living 
Bm                                   E 
So how can they stand to languish in repose? 

(this part feels like its in 6/4, but has an extra 2 beats every third measure. 
basically, theres 20 beats per line) 

       Em              G          Bm 
He has thrown down the cavalry as gravel sinks 
           Em              G             Bm 
and as the stone founders underneath the sundered sea  
                     Em        G          Bm 
of red and reed, The shadow of Hades is fading 
           Em        G              Bm 
For he has cast down leviathan, the tyrant, and the horse and rider 

A Bm G 
ooooohh 
A             Bm  G 
Where is your rider? 2x 

        A         Bm         G         Bm         G 
He will hold with all of his might the armies of night, 
         A        Bm          G     Bm          G 
Still as boulders laid to the side 'til we pass by 
       A       Bm         G    Bm    G 
He has hoisted out of the mire every child 
              A         Bm          G 
So lift your voice with timbrel and lyre 
Bm         G             A     Bm       G 
'We will abide, we will abide, we will abide' 

A Bm G 
ooooh