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Cow Patti by Jim Stafford
Cow Patti
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Am
Capo:no capo
Song starts at [1:00]
Am = x02210 Dm = xx0231 G7/D = xx0001
Am/E = 002210 Dm/A = x00231 E7 = 022130
Am/G = 302210 G/B = x20033 E7/B = x22130
C = x32010 G = 320033 F = 133211
C/G = 332010 G7 = 320001 E = 022100
G/D = xx0003
N.C. = No chords
NOTE: Emphasise the alternating bass notes. You don't
need to change the basic chord shape just hit the bass
note first then strum the rest of each chord. The intro
tablature shows you the basic idea.
[Intro]
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am/G Am Am/E Am Am/E Am/G
e |-----|----0---0---0----------|----0----0----0--------|
B |-----|----1---1---1----------|----1----1----1--------|
G |-----|----2---2---2----------|----2----2----2--------|
D |-----|----2---2---2----------|----2----2----2--------|
A |-----|--0-------0------------|--0---------0----------|
E |-0-3-|------0--------0---3---|------0---------0---3--|
[Verse 1]
Am Am/E Am Am/E
From the badlands ...came the killer,
Am Am/E C C/G C C/G
He lived by the knife and the gun,
Dm Dm/A G/B G
Shoot ya just for standing,
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E
And cut ya if you tried to run
[Verse 2]
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E
He was big as a tree,
Am Am/E
And he did as he pleased,
Am Am/E C C/G C C/G
And everything he did was bad,
Dm Dm/A G/B G
They said if you was to kill him,
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E
It'd only make him mad
[Verse 3]
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E
From the goodlands ...came the cowgirl,
Am Am/E C C/G C C/G
Patti was her name,
Dm Dm/A G/B G
Hot on the trail of that killer,
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E
On a Moped she called 'Flame'
[Verse 4]
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E
'Cause the killer had killed her Daddy,
Am Am/E C C/G C C/G
Just for spittin' in the road,
Dm Dm/A G/B G
And ya only had to kill Patti's Daddy once...
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am
... To git that gal P. O. ed
[Chorus]
C G C C/G C C/G
Yippe -i- ay, Cow Patti!
C G C C/G C C/G
Yippe -i- ay, Cow Patti!
G7 G7/D G7 G7/D
Rode into town to find...
E7 E7/B Am Am/E Am G
...The man that killed her Daddy, YAH!
C Am Am/E Am Am/E
Yippe -i- ay, Cow Patti!
[Break]
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am/G Am Am/E Am Am/E Am/G
e |----0---0---0----------|----0----0----0--------|
B |----1---1---1----------|----1----1----1--------|
G |----2---2---2----------|----2----2----2--------|
D |----2---2---2----------|----2----2----2--------|
A |--0-------0------------|--0---------0----------|
E |------0--------0---3---|------0---------0---3--|
[Verse 5]
Am Am/E Am Am/E
The killer hit town at daybreak,
Am Am/E C C/G C C/G
Ate the door off the local sa - loon,
Dm Dm/A G/B G
He started to drink, you could tell he was thinking,
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E
There'll be a showdown soon------!
[Verse 6]
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E
Patti hit town in a cloud of dust,
Am Am/E C C/G C C/G
Old 'Flame' was buzzin' like a saw,
Dm Dm/A G/B
And the whole town got as quiet as a church...
N.C.
...When the killer stepped out for the draw
[Bridge]
Am
Forty shots rang out, (It's too many, I know that!)
C
Forty people fell,
Dm G
Patti and the killer missed each other,
Am G
But they shot that town to Hell! YAH!
[Chorus]
C G C C/G C C/G
Yippe -i- ay, Cow Patti!
C G C C/G C C/G
Yippe -i- ay, Cow Patti!
G7 G7/D G7 G7/D
Rode into town to find...
E7 E7/B Am Am/E Am G
...The man that killed her Daddy, HAH!
C G G
Yippe -i- ay------!
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Cow-------- ...Patti------------!
[Break] (Whistle 'The good the bad and the ugly' theme tune)
Am
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Am Am/E Am
The killer took a step towards Patti,
Am/G C C/G C
Said, "It's time I gunned ya down!"
Dm G
But he slipped in somethin' that was lyin' in the street,
Am
And was shot before he hit the ground
N.C.
(Killed him, the dummy! We had a pretty good song going here!)
[Coda]
Am
The killer slipped, and it cost him his life,
G
And Patti said, as she roared out of town,
F E G
"Ya gotta watch yer step, when you know the chips are down!"
C G G/B G/D G7 C
Yippe -i- ay-----ay----------! COW PATTI!
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