Chords for Rosalie Allen - I'd Rather Be A Cowgirl (c.1947).
Tempo:
120.5 bpm
Chords used:
D
B
A
E
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Oh oh [A] o-tie o-tie o [D]-ttie
I'd rather be a cowgirl ridin' [B] the reins
[Bm] Than any city girl I know
[A] I'd rather be old dressed [D] up in my [B] western finery
[E] Ridin' in a [A] rodeo
[D] I'd like to break a branco, throw [B] a lasso
And when [Em] they see me give [F#] my guns a whirl
[G] How happy I'd be [D] if they pointed [B] to me [E] and said there [A] goes a real [D] cowgirl
[A]
[D]
[A]
[D]
I'd rather be a cowgirl riding [C#] the range [E] than to be a princess or a queen
[A] I'd rather learn to yodel with [D] my yodel [B]-oo [E] than have my picture [A] in a [F#m] magazine
[D] I'd like to join a roundup, learn how to [B]
brag
[Em] And when I give my lariat [F#] a twirl
[G] How happy I'd be [D] if they pointed [B] to me [E] and said there [A] goes a real [D] cowgirl
[B]
[Bm] [F#]
[G] [D] [B]
[F#] [F#m] [D]
I'd rather be a cowgirl riding [B] the range [E] than any famous movie star
[A] I'd rather be out riding [D] underneath the [B] western [Bm] moon strumming on an old [F#m] guitar
[D] I'd like to have a cowboy wedding [B] in June [Em] on a ranch where I'd spend [F#] all my life
[G] How happy I'd be when they pointed [B] to me [E] and said there [A] goes a [D] cowboy's wife
[B] I [E] do yodel-oo [A]-dee yodel-oo-dee yodel-oo-dee
I'd rather be a cowgirl ridin' [B] the reins
[Bm] Than any city girl I know
[A] I'd rather be old dressed [D] up in my [B] western finery
[E] Ridin' in a [A] rodeo
[D] I'd like to break a branco, throw [B] a lasso
And when [Em] they see me give [F#] my guns a whirl
[G] How happy I'd be [D] if they pointed [B] to me [E] and said there [A] goes a real [D] cowgirl
[A]
[D]
[A]
[D]
I'd rather be a cowgirl riding [C#] the range [E] than to be a princess or a queen
[A] I'd rather learn to yodel with [D] my yodel [B]-oo [E] than have my picture [A] in a [F#m] magazine
[D] I'd like to join a roundup, learn how to [B]
brag
[Em] And when I give my lariat [F#] a twirl
[G] How happy I'd be [D] if they pointed [B] to me [E] and said there [A] goes a real [D] cowgirl
[B]
[Bm] [F#]
[G] [D] [B]
[F#] [F#m] [D]
I'd rather be a cowgirl riding [B] the range [E] than any famous movie star
[A] I'd rather be out riding [D] underneath the [B] western [Bm] moon strumming on an old [F#m] guitar
[D] I'd like to have a cowboy wedding [B] in June [Em] on a ranch where I'd spend [F#] all my life
[G] How happy I'd be when they pointed [B] to me [E] and said there [A] goes a [D] cowboy's wife
[B] I [E] do yodel-oo [A]-dee yodel-oo-dee yodel-oo-dee
Key:
D
B
A
E
F#
D
B
A
_ _ _ Oh oh [A] o-tie o-tie o [D]-ttie
_ I'd rather be a cowgirl ridin' [B] the reins
[Bm] Than any city girl I know
_ [A] I'd rather be old dressed [D] up in my [B] western finery
_ [E] Ridin' in a [A] _ rodeo
_ [D] I'd like to break a branco, throw [B] a lasso
And when [Em] they see me give [F#] my guns a whirl _
[G] How happy I'd be [D] if they pointed [B] to me [E] and said there [A] goes a real [D] cowgirl _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
I'd rather be a cowgirl riding [C#] the range [E] than to be a princess or a queen _
[A] I'd rather learn to yodel with [D] my yodel [B]-oo [E] than have my picture [A] in a [F#m] magazine
[D] I'd like to join a roundup, learn how to [B]
brag
[Em] And when I give my lariat [F#] a twirl
[G] How happy I'd be [D] if they pointed [B] to me [E] and said there [A] goes a real [D] _ cowgirl _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _
I'd rather be a cowgirl riding [B] the range [E] than any famous movie star _
[A] I'd rather be out riding [D] underneath the [B] western [Bm] moon strumming on an old [F#m] guitar _
[D] I'd like to have a cowboy wedding [B] in June [Em] on a ranch where I'd spend [F#] all my life
[G] How happy I'd be when they pointed [B] to me [E] and said there [A] goes a [D] cowboy's _ wife
[B] I [E] do yodel-oo [A]-dee yodel-oo-dee yodel-oo-dee
_ I'd rather be a cowgirl ridin' [B] the reins
[Bm] Than any city girl I know
_ [A] I'd rather be old dressed [D] up in my [B] western finery
_ [E] Ridin' in a [A] _ rodeo
_ [D] I'd like to break a branco, throw [B] a lasso
And when [Em] they see me give [F#] my guns a whirl _
[G] How happy I'd be [D] if they pointed [B] to me [E] and said there [A] goes a real [D] cowgirl _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
I'd rather be a cowgirl riding [C#] the range [E] than to be a princess or a queen _
[A] I'd rather learn to yodel with [D] my yodel [B]-oo [E] than have my picture [A] in a [F#m] magazine
[D] I'd like to join a roundup, learn how to [B]
brag
[Em] And when I give my lariat [F#] a twirl
[G] How happy I'd be [D] if they pointed [B] to me [E] and said there [A] goes a real [D] _ cowgirl _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ _
I'd rather be a cowgirl riding [B] the range [E] than any famous movie star _
[A] I'd rather be out riding [D] underneath the [B] western [Bm] moon strumming on an old [F#m] guitar _
[D] I'd like to have a cowboy wedding [B] in June [Em] on a ranch where I'd spend [F#] all my life
[G] How happy I'd be when they pointed [B] to me [E] and said there [A] goes a [D] cowboy's _ wife
[B] I [E] do yodel-oo [A]-dee yodel-oo-dee yodel-oo-dee