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Rochdale Cowboy

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(Spoken)
Never before in the history of mankind has the story been told
of those brave frontiersmen who carved out a passage in the
Northwest and made it a place fit for heroes to live in.
This is the story of one such man,
sausage tosser extraordinare - his name Fred Ackroyd.
[Intro]
C  D  G
[Chorus]
It's Ghard being a cowboy in CRochdale
GSpurs don't fit right on me Dclogs
It's Ghard being a G7cowboy in CRochdale
'Cos Dpeople laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian Gdog
[Verse 1]
GAlmost every night there's a Ctripe and cowheel Gfight
GIn our local pie and pea saDloon
And Gpoor old Uncle G7Fred he spent Ceighteen months in Gbed
'Cos he tried to kiss a Dgirl who's a boy named GSue
[Chorus]
It's Chard being a cowboy in GRochdale
GSpurs don't fit right on me Dclogs
It's Ghard being a G7cowboy in CRochdale
'Cos Dpeople laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian Gdog
[Verse 2]
GWhen the sun shines in the west that's the Ctime what I like Gbest
And I go out punching cows with me brother DJack
And Gpoor old Uncle G7Fred he spent Ceighteen months in Gbed
'Cos he punched one cow and Dshe went and punched him Gback
[Break]
G      C  G
          D
G  G7 C  G
      D  G
[Verse 3]
GIn the local temperance bar we'd Cgo and have a Gjar
There's sarsaparilla and liquorice juice to Ddrink
And Gpoor old Uncle G7Fred he spent Ceighteen months in Gbed
'Cos he supped the stuff he Dused to clean the Gsink
[Chorus]
And it's Chard being a cowboy in GRochdale
GSpurs don't fit right on me Dclogs
It's Ghard being a G7cowboy in CRochdale
'Cos Dpeople laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian Gdog
{Spoken}
GWhen us cowpokes hit Ctown we go an' 'orse aGround
With them good time girls in the house of Mucky DPeg
When GAuntie Kitty found G7Uncle Fred he spent Ceighteen months in Gbed
'Cos you can't run fast with your Dpants halfway down your Glegs
[Chorus]
It's Chard being a cowboy in GRochdale
GSpurs don't fit right on me Dclogs
It's Ghard being a G7cowboy in CRochdale
'Cos Dpeople laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian Gdog
[Outro]
G      C  G
          D
G  G7 C  G
       D  G

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Rochdale Cowboy

by Mike Harding

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(Spoken)

Never before in the history of mankind has the story been told

of those brave frontiersmen who carved out a passage in the

Northwest and made it a place fit for heroes to live in.

This is the story of one such man,

sausage tosser extraordinare - his name Fred Ackroyd.

[Intro]

C D G

[Chorus]

G C

It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale

G D

Spurs don't fit right on me clogs

G G7 C

It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale

D G

'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog

[Verse 1]

G C G

Almost every night there's a tripe and cowheel fight

G D

In our local pie and pea saloon

G G7 C G

And poor old Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed

D G

'Cos he tried to kiss a girl who's a boy named Sue

[Chorus]

C G

It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale

G D

Spurs don't fit right on me clogs

G G7 C

It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale

D G

'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog

[Verse 2]

G C G

When the sun shines in the west that's the time what I like best

And I go out punching cows with me brother Jack

G G7 C G

And poor old Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed

D G

'Cos he punched one cow and she went and punched him back

[Break]

G C G

G G7 C G

D G

[Verse 3]

G C G

In the local temperance bar we'd go and have a jar

There's sarsaparilla and liquorice juice to drink

G G7 C G

And poor old Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed

D G

'Cos he supped the stuff he used to clean the sink

[Chorus]

C G

And it's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale

G D

Spurs don't fit right on me clogs

G G7 C

It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale

D G

'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog

{Spoken}

G C G

When us cowpokes hit town we go an' 'orse around

With them good time girls in the house of Mucky Peg

G G7 C G

When Auntie Kitty found Uncle Fred he spent eighteen months in bed

D G

'Cos you can't run fast with your pants halfway down your legs

[Chorus]

C G

It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale

G D

Spurs don't fit right on me clogs

G G7 C

It's hard being a cowboy in Rochdale

D G

'Cos people laugh when I ride past on our Alsatian dog

[Outro]

G C G

G G7 C G

D G

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