Cifra Club

Ghost Riders In The Sky

Stan Jones

Chord: Version 2 (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: Am
E|--2/4| // Key of Am // Allegro (pretty quick)
   --heavy reverb preferred; heavy "fuzz" neat, too
   --Right-hand muffle thruout optional (required for "glisses" [see next])--
   --notation for descending (and ascending) "picked-muffled glissandos"
       approximate (it's that Surfari/"Pipeline" thing)
   --note durations: s=sixteenth note; e=eighth; e.=dotted eighth; q=quarter;
       q3=triplet quarter notes; [q]=quarter rest; [e]=eighth rest

 VERSE {embellished melody}--
       (Am)                                 (C)
E|---| |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|---| |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
G|---| |o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|---| |o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
A|---| |---0--0---0---2---|--(2)h3-3--3--0--|-----------------|---------------|
E|-0-| |------------------|-----------------|--3---3--3---0---|----3----------|
   e      e. s   e   e         e. s  e  e     e.  s  e   e        q    [q]

                                          (Am)
E|------------------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
B|------------------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
G|------------------------|--------------|----------------|------------------|
D|------------------------|--------------|----------------|---------------0--|
A|------------------------|--------------|--0---0--0---2--|--(2)h3--3--3-----|
E|--12-12-11-11-10-10-9-9-|-8-8-7-7-6\-0-|----------------|------------------|
     s  s  s  s  s  s s s   s s s s e  e    e.  s  e   e        e.  s  e  e
   { r i g h t - h a n d  m u f f l e}

  (C)
E|------------------|--------------|------------------------|----------------|
B|------------------|--------------|------------------------|----------------|
G|------------------|--------------|------------------------|----------------|
D|-(0)h2--2-2p0-----|---2----------|-14-14-13-13-12-12-11-11|--10-10-9-9-8\-2|
A|---------------3--|--------------|------------------------|----------------|
E|------------------|--------------|------------------------|----------------|
      e.  s s s  e      q    [q]      s  s  s  s  s  s  s  s    s  s s s e  e
                                     { r i g h t  -  h a n d   m u f f l e}

  (Am)
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|-------2--2---2---|---2--------------|------------------|------------------|
D|---2--------------|-------2--2---2---|---2---2p0--------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|--------------3---|---0-----------0--|
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
     e.  s  e   e       e.  s  e   e       e.  s e    e       q     [e]   e

  (F)
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|---3---3---3------|------------------|------------------|
E|---1---1--1---1---|------------------|--1-1-2-2-3-3-4-4-|-5-5-6-6-7-7---8--|
     e.  s  e   e       e.  s   q         s s s s s s s s   s s s s s s   e
                                         { right - hand    m u f f l e }

  (Am)                                                           .   .   .
E|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| |
B|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| |
G|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| |
D|---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------| |
A|---------------|-----7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--|--7---7---7--| |
E|--8---5-5--3---|--5--5--5--0--|--5--5--5--0--|--5--5--5--0--|--5---5---5--| |
    e. s  e  e      e. s  e  e     e. s  e  e     e. s  e  e     q3  q3  q3
                                                                Yip- pi- yi-

 CHORUS {"power" chords}--
   (C)                                                           .   .   .
 ||------------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
 ||------------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
 ||------------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
 ||---5---5---5---5--|--5---5---5---5---|---5---5---5---5---|---5---5---5----|
 ||---3---3---3---0--|--3---3---3---0---|---3---3---3---0---|---3---3---3----|
 ||------------------|------------------|-------------------|----------------|
      e.  s   e   e     e.  s   e   e       e.  s   e   e       q3  q3  q3
     -ay--------------------------------------------           Yip- pi- yi-

  (Am)
E|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
B|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
G|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|--2---2--2--------|--2---2--2---------|--2---2--2--------|--2---2--2-------|
A|--0---0--0--------|--0---0--0---------|--0---0--0--------|--0---0--0-------|
E|-------------3(b)-|------------3(b)---|-------------3(b)-|------------3(b)-|
    e.  s  e   e       e.  s  e  e         e.  s  e   e       e.  s  e  e
E|-oh------------------------------------------|

  (F)
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|---3---3---3------|--3---3---3-------|---3---3---3------|--3---3---3-------|
E|---1---1---1---0--|--1---1---1---0---|---1---1---1---0--|--1---1---1---0---|
     e.  s   e   e     e.  s   e   e       e.  s   e   e     e.  s   e   e
     G h o s t         Rid  -  ers         i n                       the

  (Am)
E|-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |
B|-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |
G|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------o| |
D|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------o| |
A|--7---7---7---7--|--7---7---7---7---|--7---7---7---7---|--7---7---7-------| |
E|--5---5---5---0--|--5---5---5---0---|--5---5---5---0---|--5---5---5---0---| |
    e.  s   e   e     e.  s   e   e      e.  s   e   e      e.  s   e   e
     Sky--------------------------------------------------------

*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*    _-^-_
| Thomas C. Gannon               |= "Without Contraries =|   / o )=\
* tgannon@charlie.usd.edu        *= is no progression." =*  {   /===}
| U of South Dakota (Vermillion) |==*==* --Blake-- *==*==|   \ (=o=/
*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*==*    ^-_=^
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