Ghost Riders chords by Evan Westerlund

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well he sat down
right in front of me
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and I said it looks like you've
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got a story to tell
He offered up a friendly smile,
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said I'm just a ghost rider on this train
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So I pressed him just a little bit harder,
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there's got to be more to it than that
He said, son I was there in 45
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when my mother was burned
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and my sister was shot in the back
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It had started with a ru mor
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that it happened fast
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We  were shuffled into boxcars
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and rolled on down the track
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There was nothing we could do,
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just roll across the plains
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We were all just ghost riders
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Ghost riders on a train
When I turned to watch the fields roll by
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I saw a single tear reflect off the glass
For a while he disappeared
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to a distant rainy night,
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then he came right back.
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Well, I didn't know what to say or do,
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but he pressed on.
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There's more to it than that.
I can still feel the cuts
from the barbed wire fence,
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taste the taste of fear,
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Smell the smell of the rats
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It had started with a rumor
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Then it happened fast
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Shuffled into bikes cars
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and rolled on down the track
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There was nothing we could do
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Just roll across the plains
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We were all just ghost riders
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Ghost riders on the train
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Well, I stood with him outside the gate
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some 350 miles southeast
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of Berlin.
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Wicked wind blew from the west
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and a chill rippled up under
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my skin.
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When he closed his eyes
and asked dear God
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what the hell was the sense in all of this?
Was it all part of your grand design,
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or just a speck in time?
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Something that you missed?
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It had started with a ru mor,
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then it happened fast
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We shuffled into bikes, cars,
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and rolled on down the track
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There was nothing we could do,
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just roll across the plains
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We were all just Ghost Riders,
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Ghost Riders on a train
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We were all just Ghost Riders,
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Ghost Riders on a train
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