Chords for JIM STAFFORD - Cow Patti (1981) Original Studio Version!
Tempo:
116.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
A
E
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A]
[Am]
From the badlands came the killer.
He lived by the [C] knife and the gun.
[D] He'd cut you [G] just
for standing, [A] shoot you if you tried [Am] to run.
[Em] [A] He was big as a tree and he did as he pleased
and everything he [C] did was bad.
[D] They said if you [G] was to kill him, [A]
it'd only make him mad.
From the goodlands came the cowgirl.
Patty [C] was her name.
[D] She was hot on the trail of
[G] that killer [A] on a moped she called Flame.
Cause the killer had killed her daddy just for
[C] spitting in the road.
[D] You only had [G] to kill her daddy [A] once to get that gal P.O. [G] [C] [G] Yippee
yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
[G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
[G] She rode into town to find [E] the man that killed
[Am] her daddy.
[G] Yippee yi-ay, [Am] cow Patty.
Killer hit town at daybreak, ate the door off [C] the
local saloon.
[Dm] He started to drink, you could [E] tell he was thinking there'll be a showdown
soon.
[Am]
Patty hit town in a cloud of dust, old Flame was buzzing [C] like a saw.
[Dm] The whole
[G] town got as quiet as [A] a church when the killer stepped out for the draw.
[E]
Forty [F] shots rang
out.
[B]
[C] Forty people fell.
[D] Patty and [G] the killer missed each other, but they shot that town
to hell.
[C] [G] Yippee yi [C]-ay, cow Patty.
[G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
[G] She rode into town to find the
[E] man that killed [A] her daddy.
[C] Yippee [G] yi-ay,
[Am] cow Patty.
[A] Killer took a step toward Patty,
said it's time I gunned [C] you down.
But [G] he slipped in something that was laying [A] in the street
and was shot before he hit the ground.
[E] Yes, the killer slipped and it cost him his life.
[Bb] And Patty [Fm] said as she [E] roared out of town, [F] [B] you gotta watch your step [E] when you know the
chips are down.
[C] [G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
[G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
[G] She rode into town
[E] to find the man that [A] killed her daddy.
[G] [C]
[G] Yippee yi-ay, [Am] cow Patty.
[Am]
From the badlands came the killer.
He lived by the [C] knife and the gun.
[D] He'd cut you [G] just
for standing, [A] shoot you if you tried [Am] to run.
[Em] [A] He was big as a tree and he did as he pleased
and everything he [C] did was bad.
[D] They said if you [G] was to kill him, [A]
it'd only make him mad.
From the goodlands came the cowgirl.
Patty [C] was her name.
[D] She was hot on the trail of
[G] that killer [A] on a moped she called Flame.
Cause the killer had killed her daddy just for
[C] spitting in the road.
[D] You only had [G] to kill her daddy [A] once to get that gal P.O. [G] [C] [G] Yippee
yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
[G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
[G] She rode into town to find [E] the man that killed
[Am] her daddy.
[G] Yippee yi-ay, [Am] cow Patty.
Killer hit town at daybreak, ate the door off [C] the
local saloon.
[Dm] He started to drink, you could [E] tell he was thinking there'll be a showdown
soon.
[Am]
Patty hit town in a cloud of dust, old Flame was buzzing [C] like a saw.
[Dm] The whole
[G] town got as quiet as [A] a church when the killer stepped out for the draw.
[E]
Forty [F] shots rang
out.
[B]
[C] Forty people fell.
[D] Patty and [G] the killer missed each other, but they shot that town
to hell.
[C] [G] Yippee yi [C]-ay, cow Patty.
[G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
[G] She rode into town to find the
[E] man that killed [A] her daddy.
[C] Yippee [G] yi-ay,
[Am] cow Patty.
[A] Killer took a step toward Patty,
said it's time I gunned [C] you down.
But [G] he slipped in something that was laying [A] in the street
and was shot before he hit the ground.
[E] Yes, the killer slipped and it cost him his life.
[Bb] And Patty [Fm] said as she [E] roared out of town, [F] [B] you gotta watch your step [E] when you know the
chips are down.
[C] [G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
[G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
[G] She rode into town
[E] to find the man that [A] killed her daddy.
[G] [C]
[G] Yippee yi-ay, [Am] cow Patty.
Key:
G
C
A
E
Am
G
C
A
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ From the badlands came the killer.
He lived by the [C] knife and the gun.
_ _ [D] He'd cut you [G] just
for standing, [A] shoot you if you tried [Am] to run. _ _ _ _
[Em] [A] He was big as a tree and he did as he pleased
and everything he [C] did was bad.
_ [D] They said if you [G] was to kill him, [A]
it'd only make him mad.
_ _ _ From the goodlands came the cowgirl.
Patty [C] was her name. _
[D] She was hot on the trail of
[G] that killer [A] on a moped she called Flame.
_ _ Cause the killer had killed her daddy just for
[C] spitting in the road.
_ [D] You only had [G] to kill her daddy [A] once to get that gal P.O. _ _ [G] _ _ [C] [G] Yippee
yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
_ _ _ [G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
_ _ [G] She rode into town to find [E] the man that killed
[Am] her daddy.
_ [G] _ Yippee yi-ay, _ [Am] cow Patty. _
_ _ _ _ Killer hit town at daybreak, ate the door off [C] the
local saloon.
_ [Dm] He started to drink, you could [E] tell he was thinking there'll be a showdown
soon.
[Am] _ _
_ _ Patty hit town in a cloud of dust, old Flame was buzzing [C] like a saw.
[Dm] The whole
[G] town got as quiet as [A] a church when the killer stepped out for the draw.
_ _ [E] _
Forty [F] shots rang
out.
_ [B] _ _ _
[C] Forty people fell. _ _ _ _
[D] Patty and [G] the killer missed each other, but they shot that town
to hell.
[C] _ [G] Yippee yi [C]-ay, cow Patty. _ _
_ [G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty. _ _
[G] She rode into town to find the
[E] man that killed [A] her daddy.
_ _ [C] Yippee [G] yi-ay, _
[Am] cow Patty. _ _ _ _ _
[A] Killer took a step toward Patty,
said it's time I gunned [C] you down.
_ But [G] he slipped in something that was laying [A] in the street
and was shot before he hit the ground.
_ [E] Yes, the killer slipped and it cost him his life.
[Bb] And Patty [Fm] said as she [E] roared out of town, [F] _ [B] you gotta watch your step [E] when you know the
chips are down.
[C] _ [G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
_ _ _ [G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
_ _ [G] She rode into town
[E] to find the man that [A] killed her daddy.
_ [G] _ [C] _
[G] Yippee yi-ay, _ [Am] cow Patty. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ From the badlands came the killer.
He lived by the [C] knife and the gun.
_ _ [D] He'd cut you [G] just
for standing, [A] shoot you if you tried [Am] to run. _ _ _ _
[Em] [A] He was big as a tree and he did as he pleased
and everything he [C] did was bad.
_ [D] They said if you [G] was to kill him, [A]
it'd only make him mad.
_ _ _ From the goodlands came the cowgirl.
Patty [C] was her name. _
[D] She was hot on the trail of
[G] that killer [A] on a moped she called Flame.
_ _ Cause the killer had killed her daddy just for
[C] spitting in the road.
_ [D] You only had [G] to kill her daddy [A] once to get that gal P.O. _ _ [G] _ _ [C] [G] Yippee
yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
_ _ _ [G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
_ _ [G] She rode into town to find [E] the man that killed
[Am] her daddy.
_ [G] _ Yippee yi-ay, _ [Am] cow Patty. _
_ _ _ _ Killer hit town at daybreak, ate the door off [C] the
local saloon.
_ [Dm] He started to drink, you could [E] tell he was thinking there'll be a showdown
soon.
[Am] _ _
_ _ Patty hit town in a cloud of dust, old Flame was buzzing [C] like a saw.
[Dm] The whole
[G] town got as quiet as [A] a church when the killer stepped out for the draw.
_ _ [E] _
Forty [F] shots rang
out.
_ [B] _ _ _
[C] Forty people fell. _ _ _ _
[D] Patty and [G] the killer missed each other, but they shot that town
to hell.
[C] _ [G] Yippee yi [C]-ay, cow Patty. _ _
_ [G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty. _ _
[G] She rode into town to find the
[E] man that killed [A] her daddy.
_ _ [C] Yippee [G] yi-ay, _
[Am] cow Patty. _ _ _ _ _
[A] Killer took a step toward Patty,
said it's time I gunned [C] you down.
_ But [G] he slipped in something that was laying [A] in the street
and was shot before he hit the ground.
_ [E] Yes, the killer slipped and it cost him his life.
[Bb] And Patty [Fm] said as she [E] roared out of town, [F] _ [B] you gotta watch your step [E] when you know the
chips are down.
[C] _ [G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
_ _ _ [G] Yippee yi-ay, [C] cow Patty.
_ _ [G] She rode into town
[E] to find the man that [A] killed her daddy.
_ [G] _ [C] _
[G] Yippee yi-ay, _ [Am] cow Patty. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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