Am C
Гонялся я за счастьем, только так и не догнал.
/ Am / / C
Но как-то в диких прериях виденье повстречал:
Am F / Am
Ревели там чудовища, и - пламя из глазниц,
F / / Am
То стадо гнали всадники кнутами из зарниц...
Припев:
/ C / / / Am / /
Yippe-ai - / oh, / / yippee-a i- / ay, / / ("крик койота")
F / / Am / /
Всадники в небесах...
Рога чернее ночи, и копыта из свинца,
Смертельный дух из пасти, тому стаду нет конца;
Ковбои изможденные в истрепанных плащах –
Страданье беспредельное и тоска у них в глазах.
Припев:
Yippe-ai - / oh, / / yippee-ai - / ay,
Всадники в небесах...
Когда они приблизились, меня озноб пронял.
И сквозь раскаты грома мне один из них сказал:
«Вернись, ковбой, на ранчо – иль разделишь с нами шлях –
Погонишь стадо Дьявола в бескрайних небесах!»
Yippe-ai - / oh, / / yippee-ai - / ay,
Всадники в небесах...
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Оригинал (Johnny Cash):
Am / / C /
An / old cowboy went / riding out one / dark and windy / day, /
/ Am / / C / / /
Up - / on a ridge he / rested as he / went along his / way,
/ Am / / F / Am
When / all at once a / mighty herd of / red-eyed cows he / saw,
Am / F / / / F Am
Plowin' through the / ragged sky, / / and / up a cloudy / draw, /
Their / brands were still on / fire and their / hooves were made of / steel, /
Their / horns were black and / shiny and their / hot breath he could / feel, /
A / bolt of fear went / through him as they / thundered through the / sky,
For he / saw the riders / coming hard, // and he / heard their mournful / cry.
Chorus:
/ C / / / Am / /
Yippe-ai - / oh, / / yippee-a i- / ay, / / (Coyote Yip)
F / / / / Am / /
Ghost / riders / in / the / sky, / /
Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, their shirts all soaked with sweat,
He's / ridin' hard to / catch that herd but / he ain't caught them / yet, / /
Cause they've / got to ride for - / ever on that / range up in the / sky,
All / horses snortin' / fire, / / as they / ride on, hear them / cry. /
As the / riders loped on / by him, he / heard one call his / name, /
If you / want to save your / soul from hell, a / ridin' on our / range,
Then / cowboy change your / ways today or / with us you will / ride,
Trying to catch the / devil's herd, / / a - / cross these endless / skies. /
Chorus:
Yippe-ai - / oh, / / yippee-ai - / ay, / / / (Coyote Yip)
Ghost / riders / in / the / sky, / / / (x 3 times)