Key: C
Introduction:
C G C
verse 1
C F C
Let me tell you buddy, there?s a faster gun,
C D7 G
Coming over yonder when tomorrow comes.
C F Am
Let me tell you buddy, and it won?t be long,
C G C
Till you find yourself singing your last cowboy song.
G C G
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, when the round up ends.
G F C
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, and the camp fire ends.
G F Am
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, he shouts when he sings,
C G C
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings.
verse 2
C F C
When they wrap my body in the thin thin sheet,
C D7 G
And they take my six irons, pull the boots from my feet.
C F Am
Unsaddle my pony, she?ll be itching to roam.
C G C
I?ll be half way to heaven under horse powered my own.
G C G
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, when the round up ends.
G F C
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, and the camp fire ends.
G F Am
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, he shouts when he sings,
C G C
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings.
Bridge
G F C
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, and glory bound,
G F C
No more jingle jangle, I lay my guns down.
Outro
C F Am
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, He shouts and he sings.
C G C
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings.
C G C
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings.