Chords for Bing Crosby - I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande) 1936
Tempo:
110.3 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
G
F#m
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
[G] [B] [C#m]
[G] I'm an old cow hand from the [D] Rio Grande, but my legs [G] ain't bold and my [D] cheeks ain't tan.
[F#m] saw a cow, [Bm] never rode with a steer [F#m] cause they don't know how.
fixin' to startin' [B] now, oh, yippee-aye, [D] oh, pie-aye, yippee-aye, oh, [G] pie-aye.
[D] the Rio Grande, [G] and I learn to ride, ride, ride, for I learn [Bm] to stand.
ridin' fool [F#m] who's up to date, [Bm] I know every trail in [F#m] the Lone Star State, [Bm] cause I ride the range in the Ford V8.
-yip-yip, yippee-aye, oh, pie-aye, yippee -aye, [D] [G]
[Bm]
[G] I'm an old cow hand from the [D] Rio Grande, but my legs [G] ain't bold and my [D] cheeks ain't tan.
[F#m] saw a cow, [Bm] never rode with a steer [F#m] cause they don't know how.
fixin' to startin' [B] now, oh, yippee-aye, [D] oh, pie-aye, yippee-aye, oh, [G] pie-aye.
[D] the Rio Grande, [G] and I learn to ride, ride, ride, for I learn [Bm] to stand.
ridin' fool [F#m] who's up to date, [Bm] I know every trail in [F#m] the Lone Star State, [Bm] cause I ride the range in the Ford V8.
-yip-yip, yippee-aye, oh, pie-aye, yippee -aye, [D] [G]
[Bm]
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Bm
G
F#m
D
B
Bm
G
F#m
_ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[G] I'm an old cow hand from the [D] Rio Grande, but my legs [G] ain't bold and my [D] cheeks ain't tan.
_ _ [Bm] I'm a cowboy who never [F#m] saw a cow, [Bm] never rode with a steer [F#m] cause they don't know how.
[Bm] Sure ain't a fixin' to startin' [B] now, oh, yippee-aye, [D] oh, pie-aye, yippee-aye, oh, [G] pie-aye.
I'm an old cow hand and I come down from [D] the Rio Grande, _ [G] and I learn to ride, ride, ride, for I learn [Bm] to stand.
_ _ I'm a ridin' fool [F#m] who's up to date, [Bm] I know every trail in [F#m] the Lone Star State, [Bm] cause I ride the range in the Ford V8.
[G] Oh, yippee-aye, [E] oh, pie-aye, yip-yip-yip, yippee-aye, oh, pie-aye, yippee _ _ -aye, _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ [D] oh, pie-aye.
We're [G] old cow hand from the Rio [Bm] Grande, _ and we come [G] to town just to [D] hear the band. _ _
[Bm] We know all the [F#m] songs that the cowboys [Bm] know about the big corral [F#m] where the doggies go.
[G] We learn them [F#m] all on the [Bm] radio.
Yippee-aye, oh, pie-aye, yip-yip-yip, [D] yippee-aye, oh, pie [G]-aye.
I'm just an old cow hand, oh yes, Mr.
Bing, too hot for your foot, down from the Rio [D] Grande. _ _ _ _
Oh, where the [G] west is wild, _ all around the _ [D] borderland, _ _ _ _ _ where the buffalo _ [F#m] roam around the zoo,
[Bm] and the injured [F#m] run up a rug or two, [Bm] and the old [F#m] barracks is just a barbecue, [G] yeah.
Yippee-aye, [D] oh, pie-aye, yip-yip-yip, yip-yip-yip, yippee-aye, oh, pie-aye.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] I'm a pioneer [F#m] who began from [Bm] scratch, I don't bat an [F#m] eye in the shooting [Bm] match,
they don't call [F#m] me Elmer, they call me Satch, yippee [D]-aye, oh, pie-aye, yippee-aye, oh, pie-aye.
Peek-a-loo-loo-lap-da-da-da-da, da da da da da da da da da da, da da da da da da da da da da da,
Dippity di dope didey!
Whoa!
_ _ [N] _ _
[G] I'm an old cow hand from the [D] Rio Grande, but my legs [G] ain't bold and my [D] cheeks ain't tan.
_ _ [Bm] I'm a cowboy who never [F#m] saw a cow, [Bm] never rode with a steer [F#m] cause they don't know how.
[Bm] Sure ain't a fixin' to startin' [B] now, oh, yippee-aye, [D] oh, pie-aye, yippee-aye, oh, [G] pie-aye.
I'm an old cow hand and I come down from [D] the Rio Grande, _ [G] and I learn to ride, ride, ride, for I learn [Bm] to stand.
_ _ I'm a ridin' fool [F#m] who's up to date, [Bm] I know every trail in [F#m] the Lone Star State, [Bm] cause I ride the range in the Ford V8.
[G] Oh, yippee-aye, [E] oh, pie-aye, yip-yip-yip, yippee-aye, oh, pie-aye, yippee _ _ -aye, _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ [D] oh, pie-aye.
We're [G] old cow hand from the Rio [Bm] Grande, _ and we come [G] to town just to [D] hear the band. _ _
[Bm] We know all the [F#m] songs that the cowboys [Bm] know about the big corral [F#m] where the doggies go.
[G] We learn them [F#m] all on the [Bm] radio.
Yippee-aye, oh, pie-aye, yip-yip-yip, [D] yippee-aye, oh, pie [G]-aye.
I'm just an old cow hand, oh yes, Mr.
Bing, too hot for your foot, down from the Rio [D] Grande. _ _ _ _
Oh, where the [G] west is wild, _ all around the _ [D] borderland, _ _ _ _ _ where the buffalo _ [F#m] roam around the zoo,
[Bm] and the injured [F#m] run up a rug or two, [Bm] and the old [F#m] barracks is just a barbecue, [G] yeah.
Yippee-aye, [D] oh, pie-aye, yip-yip-yip, yip-yip-yip, yippee-aye, oh, pie-aye.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Bm] I'm a pioneer [F#m] who began from [Bm] scratch, I don't bat an [F#m] eye in the shooting [Bm] match,
they don't call [F#m] me Elmer, they call me Satch, yippee [D]-aye, oh, pie-aye, yippee-aye, oh, pie-aye.
Peek-a-loo-loo-lap-da-da-da-da, da da da da da da da da da da, da da da da da da da da da da da,
Dippity di dope didey!
Whoa!
_ _ [N] _ _
