Rochdale Cowboy chords by Mike Harding

Chords with lyrics

No 22 in the UK charts in 1975.

Spoken
Never before in the history of mankind has the story been told of those brave frontiersmen
who carved out a passage in the Northwest and made it a place fit for heroes to live in.
This is the story of one such man, sausage tosser extraordinare his name Fred Ackroyd.

Intro = C majorC D MajorD G+G

Chorus
   G+G           C majorC
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
G+G              D MajorD
Spurs don't fit right on me clogs
   G+G      B minorBm    C majorC
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
   D MajorD                       G+G
'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog

Verse 1
G+G              C majorC         G+G
Almost every night there's a tripe and cowheel fight
G+G             D MajorD
In our local pie and pea saloon
  G+G       B minorBm      C majorC         G+G
And poor old Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed
            D MajorD           G+G
'Cos he tried to kiss a girl who's a boy named Sue

Chorus
   G+G           C majorC
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
G+G              D MajorD
Spurs don't fit right on me clogs
   G+G      B minorBm    C majorC
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
   D MajorD                       G+G
'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog

Verse 2
G+G                     C majorC        G+G
When the sun shines in the west that's the time what I like best
                      D MajorD
And I go out punching cows with me brother Jack
  G+G       B minorBm      C majorC         G+G
And poor old Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed
              D MajorD            G+G
'Cos he punched one cow and she went and punched him back

Chords only as per verse

G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G B minorBm C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G

Verse 3
G+G                C majorC       G+G
In the local temperance bar we'd go and have a jar
                      D MajorD
There's sarsaparilla and liquorice juice to drink
  G+G       B minorBm      C majorC         G+G
And poor old Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed
              D MajorD         G+G
'Cos he supped the stuff he used to clean the sink

Chorus
     G+G           C majorC
And it's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
G+G              D MajorD
Spurs don't fit right on me clogs
   G+G      B minorBm    C majorC
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
   D MajorD                       G+G
'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog

Verse 4
G+G               C majorC           G+G
Yer know when us cowpokes hit town we go an' 'orse around
                     D MajorD
With them good time girls Elsie and Mucky Peg
   G+G         B minorBm         C majorC         G+G
When Auntie Kitty found Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed
                 D MajorD            G+G
'Cos you can't run fast with your pants halfway down your legs

Chorus
   G+G           C majorC
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
G+G              D MajorD
Spurs don't fit right on me clogs
   G+G      B minorBm    C majorC
It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale
   D MajorD                       G+G
'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog

Chords to fade