PLAY                                                                                                                    Return to Songs

Cow Cow Boogie

Words and Music by Don Raye, Gene DePaul, and Benny Carter - 1941

|
C	-	-	-             C7
F	C	-	-
G7	F	C	-
-	-	-	C7
F	-	C	-
G7	-	C	-
C     G+    C	C     G+    C	-               Ab7	-            G7   C7
F7	-	C	-
G7	F	C	-  (G7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

_______

 

Out on the plains Down near San -ta -Fe, I met a cow -boy Rid -in' the range one day;

And as he jogged a -long I heard him sing -ing A most pe -cu -liar cow -boy song.

It was a dit -ty He learned in the cit -y "Cum -a -ti -yi -yi -ay, Cum -a -ti -yip -it -tl -e -yi -ay,"

Git a -long, Git hip lit -tle dog -ies Git a long, Bet -ter be on your way,

Git a -long, Git hip lit -tle dog -ies And he trucked 'em on down the ol' fair -way

Sing -in his Cow -Cow Boog -ie in the strang -est way "Cum -a -ti -yi -yi -ay, Cum -a --ti -yip -it -tl -e -yi -ay"

Sing -in' his cow -boy songs He's just too much, He's got a knocked out west -ern ac -cent

With a Har -lem touch He was raised on "lo -co weed" He's what you call a "swing half -breed"

Sing -in' his Cow -Cow Boog -ie in the strang -est way "Cum -a -ti -yi -yi -ay, -Cum -a -ti yip -it -tl -yi -e -ay"

_______

Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

This Chord Chart may not appear correctly with some browsers.  It should be viewed with a full size window.

The chord names should appear in single rows.   Let me know of any problems.

 

email: jbott@ix.netcom.com