I'm An Old Cowhand
Words & Music:
Johnny Mercer
Thanks to correspondent
Tony W., who found the intro chords on Jom Bottdorff's Banjo Page!
C G7 C
G7 C G7 C
Step aside you ornery
Tenderfeet, let a big, bad buckeroo past.
G7 C G7
C
Em B7 Em Am
I'm the toughest hombre you'll
ever meet, though I may be the last.
Am C+ G7 C Am D9 Dm7 G7
Yes-sirree we're a vanishing
race, no-sirree can't last long.
G7 C G7 C
D9 G7 F C
Step aside, you ornery
Tenderfeet while I sing my song.
C
F6 G7
C
I'm an old cowhand from the
Rio Grande,
C
F6 G7 C
But my legs ain't bowed and my
cheeks ain't tanned,
Am
Em
I'm a cowboy who never saw a
cow,
Am
Em
Never roped a steer 'cause I
don't know how,
Am
Em
And I sho' ain't fixin' to
start in now.
F6 G7 C Am F6 G7 C
Yippie-i-o-ky-ay---!
Yippie-i-o-ky-ay!
I'm an old cowhand from the
Rio Grande & I learned to ride 'fore I learned to stand,
I'm a ridin' fool who is up to
date, I know ev'ry trail in the Lone Star State,
'Cause I ride the range in a
Ford V-Eight. Yippie-i-o-ky-ay! Yippie-i-o-ky-ay!
I'm an old cowhand from the
Rio Grande & I come to town just to hear the band,
I know all the songs that the
cowboys know 'Bout the big corral where the dogies go,
'Cause I learned them all on
the radio. Yippie-i-o-ky-ay! Yippie-i-o-ky-ay!
I'm and old cowhand from the
Rio Grande Where the West is wild 'round the Border land,
Where the buffalo roam around
the Zoo, And the old Bar X is a Bar B Q
And the Indians all shout
"Boop-boop-a-doo!", .
Yippie-i-o-ky-ay! Yippie-i-o-ky-ay!
INSTRUMENTAL FOR FIRST TWO
LINES OF VERSE:
I'm a pioneer who was raised
from scratch, don't give a damn if my shoes don't match
They don't call me Elmer, they
call me Satch, Yippie-i-o-ky-ay! Yippie-i-o-ky-ay!