Jim Stafford

Cow Patti(Chords)

Jim Stafford

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Intro 
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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!
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/E Cow Patti!
Break
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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... ...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!
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 & the ugly' theme) Am ||: /_/ /_/ / / | / / / / :|| x4 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 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! (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 'Ya, gotta watch yer step, E G When you know the chips are down!' C G G/B G/D G7 C Yippe -i- ay-----ay----------! COW PATTI!

Written by Jim Stafford

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