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

This song is in the key of F.

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Verse:

Step aside you ornery Tenderfeet, Let a big bad buckeroo past,

I'm the toughest hombre you'll ever meet, Tho' I may be the last,

Yes-sir-ree we're a vanishing race, No-sir-ree can't last long,

Step aside you ornery Tenderfeet, while I sing my song.

 

Chorus:

I'm an old Cowhand from the Rio Grande,

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

I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow, Never roped a steer 'cause I don't know how,

And I sho' ain't fixin' to start in now.  Yippy-I-O-Ki-Ay,

Yippy-I-O-Ki-Ay.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to Eddie Peabody perform "I'm An Old Cowhand" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com