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I'm An Old Cowhand

Words and Music by Johnny Mercer -  1936

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F           C7	F           C7	F           C7	F           C7
F           C7	F	Am        E7	Am        Dm
-            F+	C7         F     Dm	-            G9	Gm7      C7
F           C7	F	G9         C7    Bb	F
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Bb6	-            C7	F	-
Bb6	-            C7	F	-
Dm	Am	Dm	Am
Dm	Am        Am6	Gm         Bb   C7	F
Gm       Dm6  C7	F  (to chorus)	------------------	------------------

8-beat intro. with 2 lead-in notes.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Note: This song is in the key of F, but the chorus starts with a Bb6 chord.

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Verse:

Step a -side you or -ner -y Ten -der -feet, Let a big bad buck -er -oo past,

I'm the tough -est hom -bre you'll ev -er meet, Tho' I may be the last,

Yes -sir -ree we're a van -ish -ing race, No -sir -ree can't last long,

Step a -side you or -ner -y Ten -der -feet, while I sing my song.

 

Chorus:

I'm an old Cow -hand from the Ri -o Grande,

But my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tanned,

I'm a cow -boy who nev -er saw a cow, Nev -er roped a steer 'cause I don't know how,

And I sho' ain't fix -in' to start in now.  Yip -py -I -O -Ki -Ay,

Yip -py -I -O -Ki -Ay.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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