Chords with lyrics
Boneyard Rider (album version)
Folk / Bluegrass / Dark Country (performed by The Kill Devil Hills)
Intro:
A minorAm D MajorD C majorC A minorAm
Am D MajorD A minorAm
Am FF A minorAm D MajorD E minorEm G+G
DmDm D MajorD A minorAm
Verse:
A minorAm D MajorD C majorC A minorAm
I've seen that boneyard rider
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm
A augmentedA shadow black like the night
A minorAm FF C majorC A minorAm E minorEm G+G
And he cried, "'pon earth and sky, tread lighter
DmDm D MajorD
Lest your way
A minorAm
I soon may ride"
A minorAm D MajorD C majorC A minorAm
He passed his hand 'cross the water
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm
And turned his face toward the sun
A minorAm FF C majorC D MajorD E minorEm G+G
And he cried, "So I, the boneyard rider
DmDm D MajorD
Swear by blood and fire
A minorAm
My will be done."
Bridge:
A minorAm D MajorD C majorC A minorAm
Am D MajorD A minorAm
Am FF C majorC D MajorD E minorEm G+G
DmDm D MajorD A minorAm
Verse:
A minorAm D MajorD C majorC A minorAm
We burned our bridges brighter
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm
And cast our dead out to sea
A minorAm FF C majorC D MajorD E minorEm G+G
And I cried, "Oh, damned am I, dark rider
DmDm D MajorD
Don't you show
A minorAm
No mercy?"
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm
You see that comin' fire
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm
"Vengeance mine," sayeth he
A minorAm FF C majorC DmDm E minorEm G+G
And to die beside the boneyard rider
DmDm D MajorD
Such is doom
A minorAm
And destiny
Outro:
A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm
Am D MajorD A minorAm
Am FF C majorC DmDm E minorEm G+G