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 An / old cowboy went / riding out one / dark and windy / day,

 Up - / on 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 sky, / / and / up a cloudy / draw,

Chorus

 Yippe-ai - / ay, / / yippee-a o- / oh, / / (Coyote Yip)

 Ghost / riders / in / the / sky, / /

 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,

 For he / saw the riders / coming hard, / / and he / heard their mournful /cry.

Chorus

 Yippe-ai - / ay, / / yippee-a o- / oh, / / (Coyote Yip)

 Ghost / riders / in / the / sky, / /

 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 them / yet,

 Cause they've / got to ride for - / ever on that / range up in the / sky,

 All / horses snortin' / fire, / / as they / ride on, hear them / cry.

Chorus

 Yippe-ai - / ay, / / yippee-a o- / oh, / / (Coyote Yip)

 Ghost / riders / in / the / sky, / /

Solo

Mouth organ – Chorus Chords

 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,

 Trying to catch the / devil's herd, / / a - / cross these endless / skies.

Chorus

 Yippe-ai - / ay, / / yippee-a o- / oh, / / (Coyote Yip)

 Ghost / riders / in / the / sky...