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Riders In The Sky
(aka Ghost Riders In The Sky)
Words and Music by Stan Jones - 1949
Number 1 on the Hit Parade in 1949, played for 13 weeks.
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Em - G -  
-          (echo) - Em -
- -        -            (echo)   -
- C Em6 Em7
C        - Am7      (echo) -
Em -        -            (echo) 
-        Em7 -            (echo)  -
-     Em -            (echo)  -
C - Am7 -
Em -            -            (echo) -   (repeat 1 time)
 Ending:
C - Am7 -
Em7 - - -
G - - -
- - - -          (End)
16-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.
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An old cow poke went riding out one dark and windy day, (echo)
Up on the ridge he rested,
As he went along his way, (echo)
When all at once a mighty heard of redeyed cows he saw,
A ploughin' thru the ragged skies, (echo)
And up a cloudy draw. (echo)
Yi - pi - yi - ay, (echo)
Yi - pi - i - o, (echo)
The ghost riders in,
The sky. (echo)
 
Ending:
Their ghost herd in,
The sky,
(Instrumental)
(Instrumental)
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Listen to Eddy Davis play "Riders In The Sky" (youtube)
 
Listen to the Southern California Banjo Band perform the "Riders In The Sky" (mp3)
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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