Cm

[Verse 1]

Cm
When the night is starved and mean and long with dread
Eb
And a bitter frost is filling up your bed
Fm
You put your ear against the pale and howling wall
G
You can almost hear the rider's mournful call

 N.C.
(Hulloo! Hulloo!)

[Verse 2]

Cm
It's the cry of the banished horseman
Cm
He rode in darkness on an o'nery steed of black
Eb
O'er the broken graves and wagon tracks
Fm
Now drag your door against the snow and listen west
G
You can almost hear the rider in the mist

 N.C.
(Hulloo! Hulloo!)

[Verse 3]

N.C.
It's the cry of the banished horseman
Cm
For forty days and forty nights he fell
Eb
From Sacramento to the battered gates of Hell
Fm
Now take a step into the hard and deathly chill
G
You can almost hear the rider cross the hill

 N.C.
(Hulloo!)

[Verse 4]

Cm
It's the cry of the banished horseman
Cm
A hunting horn and knife held in his killing fist
Eb
The Mark of Cain, a brand upon his wrist
Fm
Now lean into the blizzard's fury, if you dare
G
You can almost hear the rider's trumpet blare

 N.C.
(Hulloo! Hulloo!)

[Verse 5]

Cm
It's the cry of the banished horseman
Cm
They marked his arm because he gone and killed a man
Eb
And cast him out to roam uncharted land
Fm
Now brave another pace and step into the fear
G
You can almost hear the rider drawing near

 N.C.
(Hulloo!)

[Verse 6]

Cm
It's the cry of the banished horseman
Cm
And to the man he killed, he vowed to never mourn
Eb
To those he left, he promised to return
Fm
Now call three times into the unforgiving storm
G
You can almost hear the rider spread his arms

 N.C.
(Hulloo! Hulloo!)

[Verse 7]

Cm
It's the cry of the banished horseman
Cm
I am that rider on the dark, dark steed
Eb
When they asked who saved you, tell 'em it was Reed
Fm
Now follow me into the savage night
G
You can almost hear a new dawn's early light

 N.C.
(Hulloo! Hulloo!)


[Outro]
Cm
It's the cry of the banished horseman...