Ghost Riders In The Sky chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Ghost riders in the sky

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
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D MajorD major scale 6th degree Aeolian mode (BB minor)

(verse1)
 B minorBm                 D MajorD
An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day;
 B minorBm                 D MajorD
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way,
  B minorBm                D MajorD      B minorBm
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw,
  G+G                 B minorBm
Plowin' through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw.

(verse2)
   B minorBm                  D MajorD
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel,
B minorBm                     D MajorD
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel;
  B minorBm                    D MajorD      B minorBm
A augmentedA bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky,
  G+G                     B minorBm
He saw the riders comin' hard and heard their mournful cry.


(chorus, repeat twice)
B minorBm      D MajorD      B minorBm
Yip-pie-ya-aye, yip-pie-yi-o,
G+G          B minorBm
ghost riders in the sky.

(guitar solo 1 in BB 4th fret)


(verse3)
    B minorBm              D MajorD
As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name;
  B minorBm                     D MajorD
"If you want to save your soul from hell a' ridin' on our range,
   B minorBm                 D MajorD       B minorBm
Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride,
 G+G                     B minorBm
Tryin' to catch the Devil's herd across these endless skies."

(chorus, repeat twice)
B minorBm      D MajorD      B minorBm
Yip-pie-ya-aye, yip-pie-yi-o,
G+G          B minorBm
ghost riders in the sky.

(guitar solo2)


(verse4)
B minorBm
Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred,
    D MajorD
Their shirts all soaked with sweat;
B minorBm                    D MajorD
He's ridin' hard to catch that herd, but he ain't caught 'em yet;
   B minorBm               D MajorD         B minorBm
They've got to ride forever in that range up in the sky,
  G+G                       B minorBm
On horses snortin' fire, as they ride on, hear their cry.


(chorus, repeat twice)
B minorBm      D MajorD      B minorBm
Yip-pie-ya-aye, yip-pie-yi-o,
G+G          B minorBm
ghost riders in the sky.

Camp fire, girls and beer.....Yahooooooooo

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