Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: C minorCm
Difficulty: Intermediate
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st fret
| Terz Guitar | x6
| B minorBm | x4
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
The ragged kid
B minorBm Bm/F#
Nobody wanted
C majorC Am7Am7
Left alone
D MajorD G+G E MajorE
To ramble wild
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
Long ago
B minorBm Bm/F#
He was abandoned
B minorBm Bm/F# B minorBm Bm/F#
Nobody’s child
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
Never smiles
B minorBm Bm/F#
And never chatters
C majorC Am7Am7
Never quarrels
D MajorD G+G E MajorE
Or complains
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
Grown as hard
B minorBm Bm/F#
As the Sierras
B minorBm Bm/F#
And the Western Plains
B minorBm Bm/F# Bm/ABm/A B minorBm Bm/F#
Come a’cow cow yicky yicky yea
B minorBm Bm/F# Bm/ABm/A B minorBm Bm/F#
Come a’cow cow yicky yicky yea
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
Learned to swing
B minorBm Bm/F#
A augmentedA broken bottle
C majorC Am7Am7
Learned to use
D MajorD G+G E MajorE
His fists and knife
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
In the bar rooms
B minorBm Bm/F#
And bordellos
B minorBm Bm/F# B minorBm Bm/F#
Of his life
D/AD/A E minor 7Em7
He drifted down
A augmentedA Asus4Asus4 A augmentedA
Towards the borders
D/AD/A E minor 7Em7
The sky was dark
A augmentedA
But it did not rain
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
Came the meanest
B minorBm Bm/F#
Pistoleros
B minorBm Bm/F# B minorBm Bm/F#
In the Western Plains
| E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA | B minorBm | C majorC Am7Am7 |
| D MajorD G+G E MajorE | E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA |
| B minorBm Bm/F# | x3
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
He fell in
B minorBm Bm/F#
With these desperadoes
C majorC Am7Am7
Thieves and killers
D MajorD G+G E MajorE
Every one
E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA
Prizes hanging
B minorBm Bm/F#
From their saddles
B minorBm Bm/F#
With their guns
B minorBm Bm/F# Bm/ABm/A B minorBm Bm/F#
Come a’cow cow yicky yicky yea
B minorBm Bm/F# Bm/ABm/A B minorBm Bm/F#
Come a’cow cow yicky yicky yea
| B minorBm |
E minorEm A augmentedA
The ragged kid
B minorBm
Nobody wanted
C/GC/G A minorAm
Left alone
D/AD/A G+G E MajorE
To ramble wild
E minorEm A augmentedA
Now he rides
B minorBm Bm/F#
Beside the Devil
B minorBm Bm/F#
Nobody’s child
B minorBm Bm/F# Bm/ABm/A B minorBm Bm/F#
Come a’cow cow yicky yicky yea
B minorBm Bm/F# Bm/ABm/A B minorBm Bm/F#
Come a’cow cow yicky yicky yea
| B minorBm Bm/F# | B minorBm Bm/F# |
| B minorBm |