Jim Stafford – Cow Patti chords

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[Intro] Am Am/E Am Am/E Am/G Am Am/E Am Am/E Am/Ge |-----|----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/EFrom the badlands ...came the killer,
Am Am/E C C/G C C/GHe lived by the knife and the gun,
Dm Dm/A G/B GShoot ya just for standing,
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/EAnd 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/EAnd he did as he pleased,
Am Am/E C C/G C C/GAnd everything he did was bad,
Dm Dm/A G/B GThey said if you was to kill him,
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/EIt'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/GPatti was her name,
Dm Dm/A G/B GHot on the trail of that killer,
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/EOn 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/GJust for spittin' in the road,
Dm Dm/A G/B GAnd 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 G Yippe -i- ay------!
Am Am/E Am Am/ECow Patti!
[Break] Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/E Am/Ge |----0----0----0----0--|----0----0----0---------|B |----1----1----1----1--|----1----1----1---------|G |----2----2----2----2--|----2----2----2---------|D |----2----2----2----2--|----2----2----2---------|A |--0---------0---------|--0---------0-----------|E |-------0---------0----|-------0---------0---3--|
[Verse 5]
Am Am/E Am Am/EThe killer hit town at daybreak,
Am Am/E C C/G C C/GAte the door off the local sa - loon,
Dm Dm/A G/B GHe started to drink, you could tell he was thinking,
Am Am/E Am Am/E Am Am/EThere'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/GOld 'Flame' was buzzin' like a saw,
Dm Dm/A G/BAnd the whole town got as quiet as a church...
...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 GPatti and the killer missed each other,
Am GBut 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/ECow-------- ...Patti------------!
[Break] (Whistle 'The good the bad & the ugly' theme)
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Am Am/E Am The killer took a step towards Patti,
Am/G C C/G CSaid, "It's time I gunned ya down!"
Dm GBut he slipped in somethin' that was lyin' in the street,
AmAnd was shot before he hit the ground!
(Killed him ...the dummy! We had a pretty good song going here!) [Coda]
AmThe killer slipped, and it cost him his life,
GAnd Patti said, as she roared out of town,
F"Ya, gotta watch yer step,
E GWhen you know the chips are down!"
C G G/B G/D G7 C Yippe -i- ay-----ay----------! COW PATTI!
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