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Lavender Cowboy

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[Intro]
CYippee-Fi yippee-Coh
Yippee-Gi yippee-oh yippee-Cay
Which Fsounds rather silly but Cev'ry hillbilly
Spends Dmhalf his life Gsinging that CwayDm  G  C  
[Verse 1]
CHe was just a lavender Dmcowboy
With Gonly three hairs on his Cchest
And he rode on a filly called DmDaffydowndilly
The Gprettiest horse in the CWest
[Verse 2]
Ev'ry morning they went out toDmgether
While the Gothers looked on in diCsmay
'Cause he'd round up the cattle a-Dmridin' side-saddle
BeGcause he preferred it that CwayDm  G  C  
[Verse 3]
CHe was just a lavender Dmcowboy
Who Gcommitted a terrible Csin
He went out on a bender and Dmslugged a bartender
And Gstole all the strawberry Cgin
[Verse 1v]   
So the posse was sent out to Dmfind him
And Gbring him back dead or aClive
And they knew as they went they were Dmhot on the scent
By the Gsmell of Chanel No.C5Dm  G  C  
[Verse 5]
And they found him a-lyin' unDmconcious
With Gblood running all down his Cchin
Till they looked a bit closer and Dmwhat do you know sir
They Gfound it was strawberry Cgin
[Verse 6]
So they shot the lavender Dmcowboy  
And Gsaid as they laid him to Crest
You'll be happier now boy you Dmcan't be a cowboy
With Gonly three hairs on your Cchest

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Lavender Cowboy

by Misc Traditional

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

C F C

Yippee-i yippee-oh

G C

Yippee-i yippee-oh yippee-ay

F C

Which sounds rather silly but ev'ry hillbilly

Dm G C Dm G C

Spends half his life singing that way

[Verse 1]

C Dm

He was just a lavender cowboy

G C

With only three hairs on his chest

And he rode on a filly called Daffydowndilly

G C

The prettiest horse in the West

[Verse 2]

Ev'ry morning they went out together

G C

While the others looked on in dismay

'Cause he'd round up the cattle a-ridin' side-saddle

G C Dm G C

Because he preferred it that way

[Verse 3]

C Dm

He was just a lavender cowboy

G C

Who committed a terrible sin

He went out on a bender and slugged a bartender

G C

And stole all the strawberry gin

[Verse 1v]

So the posse was sent out to find him

G C

And bring him back dead or alive

And they knew as they went they were hot on the scent

G C Dm G C

By the smell of Chanel No.5

[Verse 5]

And they found him a-lyin' unconcious

G C

With blood running all down his chin

Till they looked a bit closer and what do you know sir

G C

They found it was strawberry gin

[Verse 6]

So they shot the lavender cowboy

G C

And said as they laid him to rest

You'll be happier now boy you can't be a cowboy

G C

With only three hairs on your chest

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