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
try it… from Boumar55
D major scale 6th degree Aeolian mode (B minor)
(verse1)
An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day;
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way,
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw,
Plowin' through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw.
(verse2)
Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel,
Their horns were black and shiny and their hot breath he could feel;
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky,
He saw the riders comin' hard and heard their mournful cry.
(chorus, repeat twice)
Yip-pie-ya-aye, yip-pie-yi-o,
ghost riders in the sky.
(guitar solo 1 in B 4th fret)
(verse3)
As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name;
"If you want to save your soul from hell a' ridin' on our range,
Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride,
Tryin' to catch the Devil's herd across these endless skies."
(chorus, repeat twice)
Yip-pie-ya-aye, yip-pie-yi-o,
ghost riders in the sky.
(guitar solo2)
(verse4)
Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred,
Their shirts all soaked with sweat;
He’s ridin' hard to catch that herd, but he ain't caught 'em yet;
They've got to ride forever in that range up in the sky,
On horses snortin' fire, as they ride on, hear their cry.
(chorus, repeat twice)
Yip-pie-ya-aye, yip-pie-yi-o,
ghost riders in the sky.
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