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- (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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- 10-beat intro. with 1 lead-in
note. Play 2-beats for each cell, reading from left to
right.
- Note: This song is in 2/4 time.
Count on the bass beats.
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- An old cow poke went rid
-ing out one dark and wind -y day,
- Up on the ridge he rest
-ed
- as he went a -long his way,
- When all at once a might
-y heard of red -eyed cows he saw
- A plough -in' thru the rag
-ged skies
- And up a cloud -y draw.
- Yi -pi -yi -ay,
- Yi -pi -i -o, (to Ending after repeat)
- The ghost rid -ers in
- the sky.
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- Ending:
- Their ghost herd in
- the sky.
- Ghost Rid -ers In The Sky.
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- Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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