Ghost Riders in the Sky     2/4     Johnny Cash
Standard Tuning / Capo 1 / Standard Boom Chuck     Reworked by Ken Lee
Intro:     6 bars                                                        kandvlee@shaw.ca

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An / old cowboy went / riding out one / dark and windy / day, / /
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Up - / on a ridge he / rested as he / went along his / way,  / /
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When / all at once a / mighty herd of / red-eyed cows he / saw,
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Plowin' through the / ragged sky, / / and  / up a cloudy / draw,  / / /

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Their / brands were still on / fire and their / hooves were made of / steel, / /
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Their / horns were black and / shiny and their / hot breath he could / feel, / /
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A / bolt of fear went / through him as they / thundered through the / sky,
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For he / saw the riders / coming hard, / / and he / heard their mournful / cry.  / /

Chorus:

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Yippe-ai - / oh, / / yippee-a i- / ay,  / / (Coyote Yip)
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Ghost / riders / in / the / sky, / /

 Break:    One verse Instrumental Guitar & Banjo

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Their / faces gaunt, their / eyes were blurred, their / shirts all soaked with / sweat, / /
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He's / ridin' hard to / catch that herd but / he ain't caught them / yet, / /
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Cause they've / got to ride for - / ever on that / range up in the / sky,
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All / horses snortin' / fire, / / as they / ride on, hear them / cry. / / / /

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As the / riders loped on / by him, he / heard one call his / name, / / / /
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If you / want to save your / soul from hell, a / ridin' on our / range,
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Then / cowboy change your / ways today or / with us you will / ride,
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Trying to catch the / devil's herd, / / a - / cross these endless / skies. / /

Chorus:

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Yippe-ai -  / oh, / / yippee-ai - / ay,  / / / (Coyote Yip)
F        /          /     /      / Am  / / /
Ghost / riders / in / the / sky, / / /
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Ghost / riders / in / the / sky,  / / /
F        /          /    /       / Am   / / / / / / / / / / / 11 bars
Ghost / riders / in / the / sky,  / / / / / / / / / / / then fade