Ghost Riders in the Sky Johnny Cash
Words & Music by Stan Jones
Recorded by Vaughn Monroe*, 1949 (#1)
Johny Cash and Willy Nelson?s version
Harmonization pattern is: 6 1 4 degree so now you can play this song in 7 different
try it? from Boumar55
D major scale 6th degree Aeolian mode (B minor)
(verse1)
A[Bm]n old cowpoke went riding out one d[D]ark and windy day;
U[Bm]pon a ridge he rested as he went al[D]ong his way,
When[Bm] all at once a mighty herd of red-[D]eyed cows he [Bm]saw,
Plo[G]win' through the ragged skies and u[Bm]p a cloudy draw.
(verse2)
Their [Bm]brands were still on fire and their h[D]ooves were made of steel,
[Bm]Their horns were black and shiny and their h[D]ot breath he could feel;
A b[Bm]olt of fear went through him as they thun[D]dered through[Bm] the sky,
He s[G]aw the riders comin' hard and heard their m[Bm]ournful cry.
(chorus, repeat twice)
[Bm] [D] [Bm]
Yip-pie-ya-aye, yip-pie-yi-o,
[G]ghost riders in the s[Bm]ky.
(guitar solo 1 in B 4th fret)
(verse3)
As the [Bm]riders loped on by him, he hea[D]rd one call his name;
"If [Bm]you want to save your soul from hell a' ridi[D]n' on our range,
Then c[Bm]owboy change your ways today or wit[D]h us you will [Bm]ride,
Tr[G]yin' to catch the Devil's herd across these[Bm] endless skies."
(chorus, repeat twice)
[Bm] [D] [Bm]
Yip-pie-ya-aye, yip-pie-yi-o,
[G]ghost riders in the s[Bm]ky.
(guitar solo2)
(verse4)
[Bm]Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred,
Their s[D]hirts all soaked with sweat;
[Bm]He?s ridin' hard to catch that herd, but h[D]e ain't caught 'em yet;
They'v[Bm]e got to ride forever in that ra[D]nge up in the sky,[Bm]
On h[G]orses snortin' fire, as they ride on, hear thei[Bm]r cry.
(chorus, repeat twice)
[Bm] [D] [Bm]
Yip-pie-ya-aye, yip-pie-yi-o,
[G]ghost riders in the s[Bm]ky.
Camp fire, girls and beer.....Yahooooooooo
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