{"id":326,"date":"2021-05-10T03:14:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T03:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=326"},"modified":"2026-02-10T22:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T22:20:14","slug":"ghost-riders-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/ghost-riders-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Riders in the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>\u00a0 – – – – – BILL, PLAY THIS IN C – chords below <\/span><\/p>\n

cimmaron https:\/\/youtu.be\/r5bzYr_Z-OY<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

An [Bm] old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy [D] day.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>[Bm] Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his [D] way.\u00a0\u00a0 When [Bm] all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he [G] saw<\/strong>\u00a0 [Bm] Plowin’ through the [G] ragged skies, and up the cloudy [Bm] draw<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Their [Bm] brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of [D] steel.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Their [Bm] horns were black and shiny, and their hot breath he could [D] feel.\u00a0\u00a0 A [Bm] bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the [G] sky,\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>[Bm] For he saw the riders [G] coming hard, and he heard their mournful [Bm] cry<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yippie-yi-o – – [D] – –\u00a0 Yippie-yi-yay – – [Bm] – –\u00a0 [G] Ghost riders in the [Bm] sky<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Their [Bm] faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their [D] shirts all soaked with sweat.<\/strong> \u00a0 He’s [Bm] riding hard to catch that herd, but he ain’t caught ’em [D] yet. \u00a0 ‘Cause [Bm] they’ve got to ride forever on that [G] range up in the [Bm] sky<\/strong> on horses snorting fire as they [G] ride on, hear their [Bm] cry.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yippie-yi-o – – [D] – –\u00a0 Yippie-yi-yay – – [Bm] – –\u00a0 [G] Ghost riders in the [Bm] sky<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As the [Bm] riders loped on by him, he heard one call his [D] name.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>‘If you [Bm] wanna save your soul from hell a-riding on our [D] range. \u00a0 Then, [Bm] cowboy, change your ways today, or [G] with us you will ride,\u00a0 <\/strong>[Bm] trying to catch the devil’s herd [G] across these endless [Bm] skies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yippie-yi-o – – [D] – –\u00a0 Yippie-yi-yay – – [Bm] – –\u00a0 [G] Ghost riders in the [Bm] sky<\/strong><\/span>
\n[G] Ghost riders in the [Bm] sky
\n<\/strong><\/span>[G] Ghost riders in the [Bm] sky<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

x x x x x x x x x x x x<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

D<\/span>m<\/span>\u200b \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>F<\/span><\/p>\n

An old cowpoke went ridin’ out one dark and windy day,<\/span><\/p>\n

D<\/span>m<\/span>\u200b \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u200b \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>A \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>A7<\/span>\u200b\u00a0<\/span>\u200b
\nUpon a ridge he rested as he went along his way<\/span><\/p>\n

D<\/span>m<\/span>\u200b\u200b
\nWhen all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Bb<\/span>7 <\/span>\u200b \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Dm<\/span>
\nCome <\/span>ramb<\/span>in’ through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n


\nTheir horns were black and shiny and their hooves were made of steel<\/span><\/p>\n

Their brands were still on fire and their hot breath you could feel<\/span><\/p>\n

A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky<\/span><\/p>\n

He saw the riders coming hard… <\/span><\/p>\n

and he heard their mournful cry
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

CHORUS <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>F \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Dm \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Bb<\/span>7<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dm <\/span>
\nYippie i yea; Yippie i ohh; \u2026\u2026\u2026..Ghost <\/span>riders<\/span> in the sky.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Their face is gaunt their eyes were blurred their shirts all soaked with sweat<\/span><\/p>\n

They’re ridin’ hard to catch that herd but they ‘aint caught ’em yet<\/span><\/p>\n

’cause they’ve got to ride forever in the range up in the sky<\/span><\/p>\n

On horses snorting <\/span>smoke and <\/span>fire; as they ride <\/span>on<\/span> hear them cry <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Repeat <\/span>CHORUS <\/span><\/p>\n


\nThe riders l<\/span>op<\/span>ed on by him he heard one call his name \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to save your soul from hell a riding on our range<\/span><\/p>\n

Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride<\/span><\/p>\n

Tryin’ to catch this devil herd… <\/span><\/p>\n

a – cross these endless skies.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Repeat <\/span>CHORUS <\/span><\/p>\n

Bb<\/span>7<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>A7<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dm <\/span>
\nGhost Riders in the Sky\u2026\u2026\u2026..<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 – – – – – BILL, PLAY THIS IN C – chords below cimmaron https:\/\/youtu.be\/r5bzYr_Z-OY An [Bm] old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy [D] day.\u00a0\u00a0 [Bm] Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his [D] way.\u00a0\u00a0 When [Bm] all at once a mighty herd … CLICK TO VIEW SONGGhost Riders in the Sky<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29817,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/29817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}