(Ghost) Riders in the Sky Johnny Cash
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Ghost Riders in the Sky 2/4 Johnny Cash
Standard Tuning / Capo 1 / Standard Boom Chuck Reworked by Ken Lee
An / [/]ol[Am]d cowboy went / riding[/] out one / dark and wi[/]nd[C]y / day, / /[/] [Am] [/] [/]
Up - / [/]on[Am] a ridge he / res[/]ted as he / went alon[/]g [C]his / way, / /[/] [Am] [/] [/]
When / all[/] a[Am]t once a / migh[/]ty herd of / red-eyed co[/]ws[F] he / saw,[/] [Am]
[Am]Plowin' through the / rag[/]ge[F]d sky, / / and / [/]up[/] a cloudy[/] /[F] draw, / / /[/] [Am] [/] [/] [/]
Their / [/]br[Am]ands were still on / fire [/]and their / hooves we[/]re[C] made of / steel, / /[/] [Am] [/] [/]
Their / [/]ho[Am]rns were black and / shiny an[/]d their / hot breath he [/]co[C]uld / feel, / /[/] [Am] [/] [/]
A /[/] b[Am]olt of fear went / th[/]rough him as they / thundered th[/]ro[F]ugh the / sky,[/] [Am]
For he / s[/]aw[Am] the riders / comin[/]g [F]hard, / / and he / [/]he[/]ard their mo[/]urnful / cry. / /[/] [Am] [/] [/]
Chorus:
Yippe-ai - / oh[/], [C]/ / [/]yi[/]ppee-a i- / ay, /[/] /[Am] (Co[/]yo[/]te Yip)
[F]Ghost / r[/]iders / in [/]/ the [/]/ sky, [/]/ [Am]/[/] [/]
Break: One verse Instrumental Guitar & Banjo
[/] [Am] [/] [/] [C] [/] [Am]
The[/]ir[/] / faces gaunt, their / eyes were blurred, their / shirts all soaked with / sweat, / /
He's / r[/]id[Am]in' hard to / c[/]atch that herd but / he ain't [/]ca[C]ught them / yet, / /[/] [Am] [/] [/]
Cause they've / got t[/]o [Am]ride for - / ever o[/]n that / range up in[/] t[F]he / sky,[/] [Am]
All /[/] h[Am]orses snortin' / fi[/]re[F], / /[/] a[/]s they / ride [/]on[F], hear them / cry. / / / /[/] [Am] [/] [/] [/] [/]
As the / r[/]id[Am]ers loped on / by hi[/]m, he / heard one [/]ca[C]ll his / name, / / / /[/] [Am] [/] [/] [/] [/]
If you / [/]wa[Am]nt to save your / soul [/]from hell, a / ridin' on o[/]ur[C] / range,[/] [Am]
Then / c[/]ow[Am]boy change your / ways today[/] or / with us you will [/]/ [F]ride,[/]
[Am]Trying to catch the / dev[/]il[F]'s herd, / / a - [/]/ [/]cross t[/]he[F]se endless / skies. / /[/] [Am] [/] [/]
Chorus:
Yippe-ai - / oh[/], [C]/ / [/]yi[/]ppee-ai - / ay[/], [Am] / / / [/](C[/]oy[/]ote Yip)
[F]Ghost / r[/]iders / in [/]/ the [/]/ sky, [/]/ [Am]/ /[/] [/] [/]
[F]Ghost / r[/]iders / in [/]/ the[/] / sky, [/] /[Am] / /[/] [/] [/]
F / / / / Am / / / / / / / / / / / 11 bars
Ghost / riders / in / the / sky, / / / / / / / / / / / then fade
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