(GHOST) RIDERS IN THE SKY As recorded by The Ventures From the 1961 Album ANOTHER SMASH!!!) Music by Stan Jones Arranged by The Ventures Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Bob Bogle - Electric Guitar' Moderately Q=120 N.C. 4/4 Gtr I H Q E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E H |-------------|-------------------|---------------| |-------------|-------------------|---------------| |-------------|-------------------|---------------| |-------------|-------------------|---------------| |-------------|-0--0-0-2-3--3-3-0-|---------------| |-----------0-|-------------------|-3--3-3-0-3----|
+H. E E E. S E E E. S E E |--------------|---------------------| |--------------|---------------------| |--------------|---------------------| |--------------|-----------------0---| |--------------|-0--0-0-2-3--3-3-----| |-(3)--------0-|---------------------| E. S E E H +H. E E E E E. S E E E. S E E E E Q. E |---------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------| |---------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------| |---------------|--------------|---2-2--2-2--------|----------------| |-2--2-2---2----|-(2)--------2-|-2----------2-2--2-|-2-2-0----------| |--------3------|--------------|-------------------|-------3-0------| |---------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------0-| PM--------| E. S E E E. S Q +H. E S S +E E E E H +H E S S E S S |------------------|----------------|----------------||---------------------| |------------------|----------------|----------------||---------------------| |------------------|----------------|----------------||---------------------| |------------------|----------------|----------------||----------2-2---2-2--| |----------3--3-3--|-(3)--------0h3-|-(3)-0-0---0----||-(0)----0-----3------| |-1--1-1-1---------|----------------|---------3------||---------------------| 2/4 4/4 PM----------------------------| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E H |-------------------------|-----------|-------------------|---------------| |-------------------------|-----------|-------------------|---------------| |-------------------------|-----------|-------------------|---------------| |---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2-----|-------------------|---------------| |-0-----3-----0-----3-----|-0-----3---|-0--0-0-2-3--3-3-0-|---------------| |-------------------------|---------0-|-------------------|-3--3-3-0-3----| +H. E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E H +H. E E |--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|-----------------0-|-2--2-2---2----|-(2)--------2-| |--------------|-0--0-0-2-3--3-3---|--------3------|--------------| |-(3)--------0-|-------------------|---------------|--------------| E E E. S E E E. S E E E E Q. E E. S E E E. S Q +H. E S S |-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------| |---2-2--2-2--------|----------------|------------------|-----------------| |-2----------2-2--2-|-2-2-0----------|------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-------3-0------|----------3--3-3--|-(3)--------0h3--| |-------------------|--------------0-|-1--1-1-1---------|-----------------| $ Am C |-3-| +E E E E H W Q Q Q H +H. Q |----------------|----------||-------^3----|-(3)----------| |----------------|----------||-5-5-5-^5----|-(5)----------| |----------------|----------||-5-5-5-^5----|-(5)----------| |----------------|----------||-7-7-7-------|--------------| |-(3)-0-0---0----|----------||-------------|--------------| |---------3------|----------||-------------|--------------| Am N.C. |-3-| Q Q Q H +H. E E H Q Q H +E E Q |-5-5-5-------|--------------|------------|----------------| |-5-5-5-^5----|-(5)----------|------------|----------------| |-5-5-5-^5----|-(5)----------|------------|----------------| |-------^7----|-(7)----------|------------|----------------| |-------------|--------------|------------|-3----(3)---3---| |-------------|------------0-|-1----1--1--|----------------| To Coda W H Q E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E H |----------||-------------|-------------------|---------------| |----------||-------------|-------------------|---------------| |----------||-------------|-------------------|---------------| |----------||-------------|-------------------|---------------| |-0--------||-------------|-0--0-0-2-3--3-3-0-|---------------| |----------||-----------0-|-------------------|-3--3-3-0-3----| +H. E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E H +H. E E |--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------| |--------------|-----------------0-|-2--2-2---2----|-(2)--------2-| |--------------|-0--0-0-2-3--3-3---|--------3------|--------------| |-(3)--------0-|-------------------|---------------|--------------| E E E. S E E E. S E E E E Q. E E. S E E E. S Q +H. E S S |-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------| |---2-2--2-2--------|----------------|------------------|-----------------| |-2----------2-2--2-|-2-2-0----------|------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-------3-0------|----------3--3-3--|-(3)--------0h3--| |-------------------|--------------0-|-1--1-1-1---------|-----------------| PM----------------------------------------------| +E E E E H E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S |----------------||-------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------||-------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------||-------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------||---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2-|---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3--| |-(3)-0-0---0----||-0-----3-----0-----3-----|-1-----4-----1-----4------| |---------3------||-------------------------|--------------------------| PM--------------------| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E. S E E E. S E E |-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------------|---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|-------------------|| |---4-4-0-4-4---4-4-0-4-4-|-------1-----------1---|--------0-1--1-1---|| |-2-----------2-----------|-3-----------3---------|-3--3-3----------3-|| |-------------------------|---------------------3-|-------------------|| E. S E E H +H. E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E H |---------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------| |---------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------| |---------------|--------------|-------------------|-0--0-0---0----| |---------------|--------------|--------0-1--1-1-3-|--------1------| |-1--1-1---1----|-(1)----------|-3--3-3------------|---------------| |--------3------|------------3-|-------------------|---------------| +H. E E E E E. S E E E. S E E E E Q. E E. S E E E. S Q |--------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------| |--------------|---1-1--1-1--------|----------------|-------------------| |-(0)--------0-|-0----------0-0--0-|-0-0------------|-------------------| |--------------|-------------------|-----3-1--------|----------1--1-1---| |--------------|-------------------|---------3------|-------------------| |--------------|-------------------|--------------3-|-4--4-4-4----------| +H. E S S +E E E E H H E S S E S S |----------------|----------------|-------------------| |----------------|----------------|-------------------| |----------------|----------------|-------------------| |-(1)----------1-|-(1)------------|--------4-4-0-4-4--| |------------3---|-----3-3-1-3----|------2------------| |----------------|----------------|-------------------| D.S. al Coda 2/4 4/4 PM----------------| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E |-------------------------|-------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------|------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------|------------------------|| |---4-4-0-4-4---3-3---3-3-|---3-3---3-3-|---2-2---2-2---2-2------|| |-2-----------1-----4-----|-1-----4-----|-0-----3-----0-----3----|| |-------------------------|-------------|------------------------|| & N.C. PM----------------------------------------------| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S ||--------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o-------------------------|-------------------------o|| ||--------------------------|--------------------------|| ||----2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2--|| ||o-0-----3-----0-----3-----|-0-----3-----0-----3-----o|| ||--------------------------|--------------------------|| Duration 🏷Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature 🏷Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc 🏷Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths