Biography:
New Riders of the Purple Sage is an American country rock band. The group emerged from the psychedelic rock scene in San Francisco, California in 1969. Its original lineup included Jerry Garcia, founder and motive force of the Grateful Dead, on pedal steel guitar. The Riders' best known song is "Panama Red", written by Peter Rowan. The band is sometimes referred to as the New Riders, or as NRPS .
The song " On My way Back Home " was used by Ofsshore
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Last Lonely Eagle - New Riders of the Purple Sage
from the LP NRPS
Intro (Bass Walk up E F# G) G ///
then (Bass Walk up G G A Bb B ) to Bm (start singing)
Verse 1:
Bm C G
If you go down round the bend in the river,
Bm C G
you're gonna find a few changes been going down there.
Bm C G
Cause the people who live round the bend in the river,
Bm C G
have forgotten their dreams and they've cut off their hair.
Chorus:
D C G
And take a last flyin' look at the last lonely eagle,
D C G
he's soaring the length of the land.
D C G
Shed a tear for the fate of the last lonely eagle,
D C G Bass run A (G A Bb B)
for you know that he never will land.
Verse 2:
If you go down where the lights push the night time,
back far enough so you can't feel the fear,
remember the boy who ya left on the mountain,
Who's sitting alone with the stars in his tears.
Chorus: Bass run A - Bm C G >
Instrumental Verse
Verse 3:
If you go down to the gas powered flatland,
where most of the people ust think that their free,
remember the peace that you had on the mountain,
come back to the love that you had here with me.
Chorus:
D C D G
Coda: repeat for you know-ow that he ne-eh-ev-ver will land
(Bass run A) Bm /// C // G / {finis}
from the LP NRPS
Intro (Bass Walk up E F# G) G ///
then (Bass Walk up G G A Bb B ) to Bm (start singing)
Verse 1:
Bm C G
If you go down round the bend in the river,
Bm C G
you're gonna find a few changes been going down there.
Bm C G
Cause the people who live round the bend in the river,
Bm C G
have forgotten their dreams and they've cut off their hair.
Chorus:
D C G
And take a last flyin' look at the last lonely eagle,
D C G
he's soaring the length of the land.
D C G
Shed a tear for the fate of the last lonely eagle,
D C G Bass run A (G A Bb B)
for you know that he never will land.
Verse 2:
If you go down where the lights push the night time,
back far enough so you can't feel the fear,
remember the boy who ya left on the mountain,
Who's sitting alone with the stars in his tears.
Chorus: Bass run A - Bm C G >
Instrumental Verse
Verse 3:
If you go down to the gas powered flatland,
where most of the people ust think that their free,
remember the peace that you had on the mountain,
come back to the love that you had here with me.
Chorus:
D C D G
Coda: repeat for you know-ow that he ne-eh-ev-ver will land
(Bass run A) Bm /// C // G / {finis}
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