{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1761349,"song":"Rochdale Cowboy","artist":"Mike Harding","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11382385-rochdale-cowboy-chords-by-mike-harding/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1761349?type=chord","rating":4.64616,"votes":7,"content":"(Spoken)\r\nNever before in the history of mankind has the story been told\r\nof those brave frontiersmen who carved out a passage in the\r\nNorthwest and made it a place fit for heroes to live in.\r\nThis is the story of one such man,\r\nsausage tosser extraordinare - his name Fred Ackroyd.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSpurs don't fit right on me clogs[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAlmost every night there's a tripe and cowheel fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn our local pie and pea saloon[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd poor old Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos he tried to kiss a girl who's a boy named Sue[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSpurs don't fit right on me clogs[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the sun shines in the west that's the time what I like best[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I go out punching cows with me brother Jack[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd poor old Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos he punched one cow and she went and punched him back[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n      [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the local temperance bar we'd go and have a jar[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere's sarsaparilla and liquorice juice to drink[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd poor old Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos he supped the stuff he used to clean the sink[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSpurs don't fit right on me clogs[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog[/tab]\r\n\r\n{Spoken}\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen us cowpokes hit town we go an' 'orse around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith them good time girls in the house of Mucky Peg[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen Auntie Kitty found Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos you can't run fast with your pants halfway down your legs[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSpurs don't fit right on me clogs[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"(Spoken)\nNever before in the history of mankind has the story been told\nof those brave frontiersmen who carved out a passage in the\nNorthwest and made it a place fit for heroes to live in.\nThis is the story of one such man,\nsausage tosser extraordinare - his name Fred Ackroyd.\n\n[Intro]\nC  D  G\n \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nG      C  G\n          D\nG  G7 C  G\n      D  G\n \n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n{Spoken}\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG      C  G\n          D\nG  G7 C  G\n       D  G","chords":["C","D","G","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}