Boneyard Rider (album version)
Folk / Bluegrass / Dark Country (performed by The Kill Devil Hills)
[Intro]
Am D C Am
Am D Am
Am F Am D Em G
Dm D Am
[Verse]
Am D C Am
I've seen that boneyard rider
Am D Am
A shadow black like the night
Am F C Am Em G
And he cried, "'pon earth and sky, tread lighter
Dm D
Lest your way
Am
I soon may ride"
Am D C Am
He passed his hand 'cross the water
Am D Am
And turned his face toward the sun
Am F C D Em G
And he cried, "So I, the boneyard rider
Dm D
Swear by blood and fire
Am
My will be done."
[Bridge]
Am D C Am
Am D Am
Am F C D Em G
Dm D Am
[Verse]
Am D C Am
We burned our bridges brighter
Am D Am
And cast our dead out to sea
Am F C D Em G
And I cried, "Oh, damned am I, dark rider
Dm D
Don't you show
Am
No mercy?"
Am D Am
You see that comin' fire
Am D Am
"Vengeance mine," sayeth he
Am F C Dm Em G
And to die beside the boneyard rider
Dm D
Such is doom
Am
And destiny
[Outro]
Am D Am
Am D Am
Am F C Dm Em G
Dm D Am