[Intro]


[Verse 1]
            
An old cowboy 

              
went riding ou

             
t one dark and

            
 windy day
            
Upon a ridge h

              
e rested as he

            
 went along hi

       
s way
            
When all at on

              
ce a mighty he

      
rd of red-eyed

 cows he saw
             
A-plowin' thro

              
ugh the ragged

             
 sky,      and

           
 up a cloudy d

     
raw


[Verse 2]
            
Their brands w

              
ere still on f

              
ire and their 

             
hooves were ma

             
de of steel
            
Their horns we

              
re black and s

              
hiny and their

            
 hot breath he

             
 could feel
            
A bolt of fear

              
 went through 

            
him as they th

undered throug

h the sky
             
For he saw the

              
 riders coming

             
 hard,   and h

            
e heard their 

             
mournful cry


[Chorus]
             
Yippee-ai-oh, 

          
yippee-ai-ay
             
Ghost riders i

      
n the sky


[Break]
    
    
  
     


[Verse 3]
            
Their faces ga

              
unt, their eye

              
s were blurred

             
, their shirts

              
 all soaked wi

          
th sweat
            
He's ridin' ha

              
rd to catch th

            
at herd but he

              
 ain't caught 

         
'em yet
              
'Cause they've

            
 got to ride f

              
orever on that

 
 range up in t

he sky
             
On horses snor

             
tin' fire,    

            
  as they ride

              
 on hear their

     
 cry


[Verse 4]
            
As the riders 

              
loped on by hi

             
m, he heard on

              
e call his nam

       
e
            
If you want to

              
 save your sou

              
l from hell, a

            
 ridin' on our

         (   
 range
            
Then cowboy ch

              
ange your ways

          
 today or with

 us you will r

ide
             
Trying to catc

              
h the devil's 

           
herd,      acr

              
oss these endl

         
ess skies


[Chorus]
             
Yippee-ai-oh, 

          
yippee-ai-ay
             
Ghost riders i

      
n the sky
             
Ghost riders i

      
n the sky
             
Ghost riders i

      
n the sky


[Outro]

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