The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs - When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings chords by Soundtracks

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice


Verse 1:
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Let me tell you buddy, there’s a faster gun,
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comin’ over yonder, when tomorrow comes.
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Let me tell you buddy, and it won’t be long,
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’til you find yourself singing your last cowboy song.

Chorus:
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Yippee ki-yi-yay, when the round-up ends.
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Yippee ki-yi-yay, and the camp fire dims.
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Yippee ki-yi-yay, he shouts and he sings,
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When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings.


Verse 2:
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When they wrap my body in the binden(?) sheet,
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and they take my six-irons, pull the boots from my feet,
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Unsaddle my pony, she’ll be itching to roll,
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I’ll be halfway to heaven, under horsepower of my own.


Chorus:
    G+G          FF    C majorC
Yippee ki-yi-yay, when the round-up ends.
    G+G          FF    G+G
Yippee ki-yi-yay, and the camp fire dims.
    C majorC             FF
Yippee ki-yi-yay, he shouts and he sings,
    C majorC        G+G     C majorC
When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings.


Chorus:
    G+G      FF   C majorC
Yippee ki-yi-yay, (I’m glory bound).
    G+G        FF       G+G
No more jingle jangle (I’ll lay my guns down)
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Yippee ki-yi-yay, he shouts and he sings,
    C majorC         G+G     C majorC
When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings.