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See See Rider

(Traditional)


Copyright Elvis Presley Music Inc.

Original by Big Bill Broonzy in the early 1920


Live Recording for RCA - February 15-19, 1970 - The International Hotel - Las Vegas

 February 18, Midnight show

ZPA5 1290
June 1970 LP RCA LSP 4362 February, 1970 On Stage


Private recordings - November 1973 - The Thompson Home - Memphis
April 1, 2006 CD FTD 82876 76965-2 Elvis Presley Made In Memphis





I said C., C. C. Rider
Oh see, what you have done
(Yea yea yea)


I said C. (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
Oh see, (C. C. Rider) what you have done
(Yea yea yea)


Oh girl, you made me love you
Now, now, now, you love me, your little man has gone
(C. C. Rider) hear what I say (C. C. Rider)


Well, I'm going away, baby
And I won't be back 'til fall
(Yea, yea, yea)
And I'm going away baby
And I won't be back 'til fall
(Yea, yea, yea)
And if I find me a good girl
I won't, I won't, I won't be back at all
Hear what I say, I said C., (C. C. Rider)
C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
Oh see (C. C. Rider) what you have done
Yea, yea, yea
I said C. (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
Oh see, (C. C. Rider) what you have done
(Yea yea yea)
Oh girl, you made me love you
Now, now, now, you love me, your little man has gone


Play it now, (C. C. Rider) (C. C. Rider)


(C. C. Rider) yeah, yeah, yeah
Whoo, hear what I say
I said C. (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
Oh see, (C. C. Rider) what you have done
(Yea yea yea)
Oh girl, you made me love you
Now, now, now, you love me, your little man has gone
Well what I say
Now I said C., (C. C. Rider)
C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
Oh see (C. C. Rider) what you have done
Yea, yea, yea
I said C. (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
I said C. (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
I said C. 





Standard tuning.
Intro:
     A7
e||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
B||*------5-------7------|--5------------------|-------5-------7------|--5-----------------*||
G||-------5h-6----7------|--5----------x-------|-------5h-6----7------|--5----------x-------||
D||-------5-------7------|---------------------|-------5-------7------|---------------------||
A||*---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|--------------------*||
E||--5-------------------|--5-------------3----|--5-------------------|--5-------------3----||

Verse:
     A7
e||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
B||-------5-------7------|--5------------------|-------5-------7------|--5------------------||
G||-------5h-6----7------|--5----------x-------|-------5h-6----7------|--5----------x-------||
D||-------5-------7------|---------------------|-------5-------7------|---------------------||
A||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
E||--5-------------------|--5-------------3----|--5-------------------|--5-------------3----||
                                                                                    Oh,-
e||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
B||-------5-------7------|--5------------------|-------5-------7------|--5------------------||
G||-------5h-6----7------|--5----------x-------|-------5h-6----7------|--5----------x-------||
D||-------5-------7------|---------------------|-------5-------7------|---------------------||
A||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
E||--5-------------------|--5-------------3----|--5-------------------|--5-------------3----||
     See,--                       See-see        Rid-    er,                        oh,-
e||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
B||-------5-------7------|--5------------------|-------5-------7------|--5------------------||
G||-------5h-6----7------|--5----------x-------|-------5h-6----7------|--5----------x-------||
D||-------5-------7------|---------------------|-------5-------7------|---------------------||
A||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
E||--5-------------------|--5-------------3----|--5-------------------|--5-------------3----||
     See,--                   what you have      done                          I said,
     D7
e||-------2------2-------|--2------------------|-------2------2-------|--2------------------||
B||-------1------1-------|--1------------------|-------1------1-------|--1------------------||
G||-------2------2-------|--2------------------|-------2------2-------|--2------------------||
D||--0-------------------|---------------------|--0-------------------|---------------------||
A||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
E||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
     See,                      See- see           Rid  -  er,                        oh,-
     A7
e||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
B||-------5-------7------|--5------------------|-------5-------7------|--5------------------||
G||-------5h-6----7------|--5----------x-------|-------5h-6----7------|--5----------x-------||
D||-------5-------7------|---------------------|-------5-------7------|---------------------||
A||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
E||--5-------------------|--5-------------3----|--5-------------------|--5-------------3----||
     see-                     what you have      done.                        Well,   you
     E7
e||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
B||-------3------3-------|--3------------------|--3-------------------|---------------------||
G||----------------------|--1----------1-------|--5-------------------|---------------------||
D||-----------------2----|----------------2----|--4-------------------|---------------------||
A||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
E||--0-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
    made        me-        love   you,   and     now, and now, and now- your lover man has
                                                                      +-------------
     A7                                                               | 1, 3
e||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
B||-------5-------7------|--5------------------|-------5-------7------|--5------------------||
G||-------5h-6----7------|--5----------x-------|-------5h-6----7------|--5----------x-------||
D||-------5-------7------|---------------------|-------5-------7------|---------------------||
A||----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
E||--5-------------------|--5-------------3----|--5-------------------|--5-------------3----||
    gone.                        What'd I say!                              Oh, well,I'm

  +---------------
  | 2                       A
e||----------------------|--5----------------------|--------------8--10p-8------||
B||-------5-------7------|-------10------10----10--|--10----10--------------10--||
G||-------5h-6----7------|-------------------------|----------------------------||
D||-------5-------7------|-------------------------|----------------------------||
A||----------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------||
E||--5-------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------||
e||--8h-9------------0---------|--0---------0--------------|-------------------------||
B||--------10----10--------10--|--------10--------10--8\---|-------2--2--2--2--3--3--||
G||---------------------9------|-----9---------9-----------|--4b---------------------||
D||----------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------||
A||----------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------||
E||----------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------||
e||------------------------|------0----------------|--------------------------||
B||------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------||
G||--6b---8--8--8--8--8b---|-----------9--9--9--9--|--9--9--9--8--7--7--5--6--||
D||------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------||
A||------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------||
E||------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------||
     D7
e||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
B||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
G||--7--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|--9--8--8--8--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--5--6--------------||
D||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------7--7--5--5--||
A||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------||
                                A
e||--------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------||
B||--------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------||
G||--------------------------|-----------------------|---------------5--7p-5--||
D||--------------------------|---------------5-------|--5------5h-7-----------||
A||--5--5--3--3--5--5--3--4--|--0----5/-7---------7--|------------------------||
E||--------------------------|-----------------------|------------------------||
e||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
B||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
G||---------------------|----------------6----|--7--------7------6--||
D||--7--------7--7------|--7--------7---------|---------------------||
A||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
E||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
                           D7
e||---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
B||---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
G||--7--7b-----9--------|--9p-7--x--x--x--x--5b---|--------------------------||
D||---------------------|-------------------------|--x--x--x--x--------------||
A||---------------------|-------------------------|--------------x--x--x--x--||
E||---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
     A
e||--------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
B||--------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
G||-------2------------|-----------6p-4--2----|---------------------||
D||--------------------|----------------------|-------2------4------||
A||--4-----------------|--0-------------------|--0------------------||
E||--------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
e||-------------------||
B||-------------------||
G||-------------------||
D||-------------------||
A||--2----------------||
E||-------------------||
            Well, I'm

  CODA
     A7
e||--------------------||----------------------|---------------------||
B||--5-----------------||*---------------------|---------------------||
G||--6-----------------||--------6------6h-7---|--6------------------||
D||--5-----------------||--------5------5h-7---|--5------------------||
A||--------------------||*---------------------|---------------------||
E||--------------------||---5------------------|---------------------||
          Well, I said    See,                       See- see
                                Repeat w/vocal
                                  ad lib.         A
e||--------------------|----------------------||--0------------------||
B||--------------------|---------------------*||--2------------------||
G||-------6-----6h-7---|--6-------------------||--2------------------||
D||-------5-----5h-7---|--5-------------------||--2------------------||
A||--------------------|---------------------*||--0------------------||
E||--5-----------------|----------------------||---------------------||
    Rid   -  er                    I said,


     Rhythm pattern used in 2nd verse
e||-----------------5---|--3------------------||
B||*--------------------|--------------------*||
G||--------4h-5/-6------|--4------------------||
D||---------------------|---------------------||
A||*--------------------|--------------------*||
E||---5-----------------|---------------------||
    Oh see, see, see rider
    Oh, see what you have done
    I said see, see, see rider
    Oh, see what you have done
    Well, you made me love you
    And now, and now, and now your lover man has gone
    What'd I say
    Oh well, I'm goin' away, baby
    And I won't be back 'till fall
    Well, I'm goin', goin', goin', goin' away baby
    And I won't be back to fall
    If I find me a good girl
    I won't, I won't, I won't abe back at all
    What I say, now
    Well, I'm goin' away, baby
    And I won't be back 'till fall
    Well, I'm goin', goin', goin', goin' away baby
    And I won't be back to fall
    If I find me a good girl
    I won't, I won't, I won't abe back at all
    Well I said see, see see rider
    Oh, see what you have done
    I said see, see, see rider
    Oh, see what you have done
    Well, you made me love you
    And now, and now, and now your lover man has gone
    What'd I say
    Well, I said see, see see rider,
    I said see, see see rider,



Version 2 

       a
I said see, see, see rider
		      a7
Oh, see what you have done
       d
I said see, see, see rider
    a
Oh, see what you have done
	    e
Oh girl, you made me love you
     d   (hold)			   a
Now, now, now your lovin' man has gone
hear what I say
Well, I'm going away, baby
And I won't be back to fall
Well, I'm going away baby
And I won't be back to fall
And if I find me a good girl
I won't, I won't be back at all
Hear what I say, I said
See see rider,
Oh see what you have done
Yeah, yeah, yeah