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From: tgannon@charlie.usd.edu (spideir)
[GHOST] RIDERS IN THE SKY
-- Stan Jones, 1949
-- "rock" guitar arrangement: tcg, c.1983 (re-arranged, transcribed 7/94)
--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) |---||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------| |---||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------| |---||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------| |---||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------| |---||---0--0---0---2---|--(2)h3-3--3--0--|-----------------|---------------| |-0-||------------------|-----------------|--3---3--3---0---|----3----------| e e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e q [q]
(Am) |------------------------|--------------|----------------|------------------| |------------------------|--------------|----------------|------------------| |------------------------|--------------|----------------|------------------| |------------------------|--------------|----------------|---------------0--| |------------------------|--------------|--0---0--0---2--|--(2)h3--3--3-----| |--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) |------------------|--------------|------------------------|----------------| |------------------|--------------|------------------------|----------------| |------------------|--------------|------------------------|----------------| |-(0)h2--2-2p0-----|---2----------|-14-14-13-13-12-12-11-11|--10-10-9-9-8\-2| |---------------3--|--------------|------------------------|----------------| |------------------|--------------|------------------------|----------------| 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) |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------2--2---2---|---2--------------|------------------|------------------| |---2--------------|-------2--2---2---|---2---2p0--------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|--------------3---|---0-----------0--| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e q [e] e
(F) |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|---3---3---3------|------------------|------------------| |---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) . . . |---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|| |---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|| |---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|| |---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|| |---------------|-----7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--|--7---7---7--|| |--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) |------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-------------------|------------------|-----------------| |--2---2--2--------|--2---2--2---------|--2---2--2--------|--2---2--2-------| |--0---0--0--------|--0---0--0---------|--0---0--0--------|--0---0--0-------| |-------------3(b)-|------------3(b)---|-------------3(b)-|------------3(b)-|
e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e e. s e e -oh------------------------------------------
(F) |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |---3---3---3------|--3---3---3-------|---3---3---3------|--3---3---3-------| |---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) |-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------o|| |-----------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------o|| |--7---7---7---7--|--7---7---7---7---|--7---7---7---7---|--7---7---7-------|| |--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--------------------------------------------------------
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