Ol Cowpoke chords by Riders In The Sky

Verse 1:

       D                   D7            G                        Gm
I’m an old cowpoke I don’t use no soap I swing some rope and eats antelope

   D                Bm          Em   A7
No Sunday thunder’s got me buffalo

      D             D7                 G                Gm
Devastation rides upon my breath and I scare the ladies plum to death

       D                 Bm           Em          A7    D
When I rares back in the saddle and I    lets the yodel go

Chorus:

D            G            D     Em  A  D
(yodeling)

Verse 2:

     D                 D7             G                  Gm
Well spin my spurs and kink my rope I soaked up too much campfire smoke

D           Bm                    Em    A7
   This old cowpoke’s headin’ for town

        D                D7                  G               Gm
Yeah, I just got paid my sitch is grave this ain’t no social call it’s a raid

       D                    Bm          Bm6          Em      A        D
I’m an old lone wolf with a barbed wire tail     And it’s my night to howl

Chorus:

D            G            D     Em  A  D
(yodeling)

Bridge:

    F#m                 Bm                F#m                Bm
Now some folks say that life is swell     some complain it’s troublesome

    E                    E7                 A7
But I don’t care if it’s Heaven or Hell     I’m gonna have me some fun

Verse 3:

D                       D7                 G                  Gm
Barkeep you call that a double (yeah) well make mine a double double (alright)

         D                  Bm             Em   A7
Stronger whiskey and weaker women’s what I say

          D                       D7                  G                 Gm
Yeah I’ll sit here and drink ‘til I get full and then try and stop this rodeo bull

           D                       Bm               Em          A       D
There be a whole lotta me that’s a bluffin’ man and whole lotta me that ain’t

Chorus:

D            G            D     Em  A  D
(yodeling)

Verse 4:

         D                   D7                       G                  Gm
Weeeeell bustin’ bottles and flying lead they broke a porch of furniture over my head

      D                   Bm                Em             A7
I had quite the time last night   is what I hear (sure did Slim)

             D                     D7                         Bm6
But when the morning comes and the sun’s getting brighter I’m snaking across the prairie like a spider

           D                        Bm                       Em          A       D
I hope the sheriff ain’t taking the trail that I’m making    back to wherever it is

chorus:

D            G            D     Em  A  D
(yodeling)

D            G            D     G   A  D
(yodeling)                             he’s an old cowpoke