(GHOST) RIDERS IN THE SKY
As recorded by The Ventures
From the 1961 Album ANOTHER SMASH!!!)
Music by Stan Jones
Arranged by The Ventures
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Bob Bogle - Electric Guitar'
Moderately Q=120
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
H Q E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E H
|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------|-0--0-0-2-3--3-3-0-|---------------|
|-----------0-|-------------------|-3--3-3-0-3----|
+H. E E E. S E E E. S E E
|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-----------------0---|
|--------------|-0--0-0-2-3--3-3-----|
|-(3)--------0-|---------------------|
E. S E E H +H. E E E E E. S E E E. S E E E E Q. E
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------------|---2-2--2-2--------|----------------|
|-2--2-2---2----|-(2)--------2-|-2----------2-2--2-|-2-2-0----------|
|--------3------|--------------|-------------------|-------3-0------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------0-|
PM--------|
E. S E E E. S Q +H. E S S +E E E E H +H E S S E S S
|------------------|----------------|----------------||---------------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------||---------------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------||---------------------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------||----------2-2---2-2--|
|----------3--3-3--|-(3)--------0h3-|-(3)-0-0---0----||-(0)----0-----3------|
|-1--1-1-1---------|----------------|---------3------||---------------------|
2/4 4/4
PM----------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E H
|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------|---------------|
|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2-----|-------------------|---------------|
|-0-----3-----0-----3-----|-0-----3---|-0--0-0-2-3--3-3-0-|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------0-|-------------------|-3--3-3-0-3----|
+H. E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E H +H. E E
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------------0-|-2--2-2---2----|-(2)--------2-|
|--------------|-0--0-0-2-3--3-3---|--------3------|--------------|
|-(3)--------0-|-------------------|---------------|--------------|
E E E. S E E E. S E E E E Q. E E. S E E E. S Q +H. E S S
|-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---2-2--2-2--------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-2----------2-2--2-|-2-2-0----------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------3-0------|----------3--3-3--|-(3)--------0h3--|
|-------------------|--------------0-|-1--1-1-1---------|-----------------|
$
Am C
|-3-|
+E E E E H W Q Q Q H +H. Q
|----------------|----------||-------^3----|-(3)----------|
|----------------|----------||-5-5-5-^5----|-(5)----------|
|----------------|----------||-5-5-5-^5----|-(5)----------|
|----------------|----------||-7-7-7-------|--------------|
|-(3)-0-0---0----|----------||-------------|--------------|
|---------3------|----------||-------------|--------------|
Am N.C.
|-3-|
Q Q Q H +H. E E H Q Q H +E E Q
|-5-5-5-------|--------------|------------|----------------|
|-5-5-5-^5----|-(5)----------|------------|----------------|
|-5-5-5-^5----|-(5)----------|------------|----------------|
|-------^7----|-(7)----------|------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|------------|-3----(3)---3---|
|-------------|------------0-|-1----1--1--|----------------|
To Coda
W H Q E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E H
|----------||-------------|-------------------|---------------|
|----------||-------------|-------------------|---------------|
|----------||-------------|-------------------|---------------|
|----------||-------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-0--------||-------------|-0--0-0-2-3--3-3-0-|---------------|
|----------||-----------0-|-------------------|-3--3-3-0-3----|
+H. E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E H +H. E E
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------------0-|-2--2-2---2----|-(2)--------2-|
|--------------|-0--0-0-2-3--3-3---|--------3------|--------------|
|-(3)--------0-|-------------------|---------------|--------------|
E E E. S E E E. S E E E E Q. E E. S E E E. S Q +H. E S S
|-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---2-2--2-2--------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-2----------2-2--2-|-2-2-0----------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------3-0------|----------3--3-3--|-(3)--------0h3--|
|-------------------|--------------0-|-1--1-1-1---------|-----------------|
PM----------------------------------------------|
+E E E E H E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------||---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2-|---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3--|
|-(3)-0-0---0----||-0-----3-----0-----3-----|-1-----4-----1-----4------|
|---------3------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
PM--------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E. S E E E. S E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------|---0-0---0-0---0-0-----|-------------------||
|---4-4-0-4-4---4-4-0-4-4-|-------1-----------1---|--------0-1--1-1---||
|-2-----------2-----------|-3-----------3---------|-3--3-3----------3-||
|-------------------------|---------------------3-|-------------------||
E. S E E H +H. E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E H
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|-0--0-0---0----|
|---------------|--------------|--------0-1--1-1-3-|--------1------|
|-1--1-1---1----|-(1)----------|-3--3-3------------|---------------|
|--------3------|------------3-|-------------------|---------------|
+H. E E E E E. S E E E. S E E E E Q. E E. S E E E. S Q
|--------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|--------------|---1-1--1-1--------|----------------|-------------------|
|-(0)--------0-|-0----------0-0--0-|-0-0------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|-----3-1--------|----------1--1-1---|
|--------------|-------------------|---------3------|-------------------|
|--------------|-------------------|--------------3-|-4--4-4-4----------|
+H. E S S +E E E E H H E S S E S S
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-(1)----------1-|-(1)------------|--------4-4-0-4-4--|
|------------3---|-----3-3-1-3----|------2------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|
D.S. al Coda
2/4 4/4
PM----------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E
|-------------------------|-------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------|------------------------||
|---4-4-0-4-4---3-3---3-3-|---3-3---3-3-|---2-2---2-2---2-2------||
|-2-----------1-----4-----|-1-----4-----|-0-----3-----0-----3----||
|-------------------------|-------------|------------------------||
&
N.C.
PM----------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||----2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2-|---2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2--||
||o-0-----3-----0-----3-----|-0-----3-----0-----3-----o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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