| Am | C | Am | |
| An / ol | d cowboy went / riding out one / dark and wind | y / day, / / |
| Am | C | Am | |
| Up - / on | a ridge he / rested as he / went along | his / way, / / |
| Am | F | Am | |
| When / all a | t once a / mighty herd of / red-eyed cows | he / saw, |
| Am | F | F | Am | |
| Plowin' through the / ragge | d sky, / / and / up a cloudy / | draw, / / / |
| Am | C | Am | |
| Their / br | ands were still on / fire and their / hooves were | made of / steel, / / |
| Am | C | Am | |
| Their / ho | rns were black and / shiny and their / hot breath he co | uld / feel, / / |
| Am | F | Am | |
| A / b | olt of fear went / through him as they / thundered thro | ugh the / sky, |
| Am | F | Am | |
| For he / saw | the riders / coming | hard, / / and he / heard their mournful / cry. / / |
| Chorus: |
| C | Am | |
| Yippe-ai - / oh, | / / yippee-a i- / ay, / / | (Coyote Yip) |
| F | Am | |
| Ghost / riders / in / the / sky, / | / |
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| Their / faces gaunt, their / eyes were blurred, their / shirts all soaked with / sweat, / / |
| Am | C | Am | |
| He's / rid | in' hard to / catch that herd but / he ain't ca | ught them / yet, / / |
| Am | F | Am | |
| Cause they've / got to | ride for - / ever on that / range up in t | he / sky, |
| Am | F | F | Am | |
| All / h | orses snortin' / fire | , / / as they / ride on | , hear them / cry. / / / / |
| Am | C | Am | |
| As the / rid | ers loped on / by him, he / heard one ca | ll his / name, / / / / |
| Am | C | Am | |
| If you / wa | nt to save your / soul from hell, a / ridin' on our | / range, |
| Am | F | |
| Then / cow | boy change your / ways today or / with us you will / | ride, |
| Am | F | F | Am | |
| Trying to catch the / devil | 's herd, / / a - / cross the | se endless / skies. / / |
| Chorus: |
| C | Am | |
| Yippe-ai - / oh, | / / yippee-ai - / ay, | / / / (Coyote Yip) |
| F | Am | |
| Ghost / riders / in / the / sky, / | / / |
| F | Am | |
| Ghost / riders / in / the / sky, / | / / |
| F / / / / Am / / / / / / / / / / / 11 bars |
| Ghost / riders / in / the / sky, / / / / / / / / / / / then fade |
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