Milk Cow Blues Chords by Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Leon Rausch

Tempo:
101.1 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

E

Am

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Milk Cow Blues chords
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Milk cow, one, [A] two, three.
Ah, the old milk cow blue.
[D] Johnny Gambolino.
[F#]
[A]
[G#] [E]
[Am] [E] [D] [A] [D]
[Am] [E] Well, [A] I woke up this morning.
Look out door.
I [E] could tell [G#] my milk [A] cow, I could tell by [E] the way she [C#] looks.
[D] If you see my milk [Bm] cow, [B] please drive [A] her on home.
[F#m]
[C#] [A] [E] Cause I ain't had no milk and butter, [Bm] woo, [E] since my [Bm] cow been [G] gone.
[D#]
[A] [E] [A] Well, you gotta treat me right, day by [E] day.
[F#m] [C#] Get out [A] your little [G] prairie book, [A] get down [Em] on [A] your knees and pray.
[D] Cause you gonna [A] need me, [D] you gonna need [D#m] my hand [A] someday.
[Bm] Yeah, you gonna be sorry, [Am] you [Bm] treat me [A] this [D] way.
[A] [C#m] [A] [Em]
[A] All stricklin' now.
Salt, pot, salt, let that milk come down.
Well, [Am]
[B] [A]
[Am] [E]
[A] [Em] here [D#m] comes Johnny [A#] Gambol, that [A] little mandolin.
[E] [D] [A] Smallest little instrument in the world, yes.
[C#]
[A] [F#] [D]
[Am] [A]
[E] [G#] [E]
[A] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] [E] Sail [A] on, sail on, [D] sail [D#m] on, little girl, [A] sail [F#m] on.
[A] [D] Sail on, sail on, sail on, little girl, [A] sail on.
You gonna [E] keep right on to [Gm] sailing [Am] till you [D] lose your happy [A] home.
[F#m]
[F] [A] Yes, Keith [F#m] Coleman.
[F] [A] Ah, get her low, my boy, get her low.
You [D] know what, Roland,
[Am] hit bottom.
[A]
[F#] [E]
[Am] [E] [A]
Ah, here's them [Em] boys, [C#] [Cm] [Bm] Eldon [A] and Leon.
[C#] [D] [Am]
[D] Go [D#] [F#] [C#m]
ahead and get [Cm] high.
[G#m]
[D] [Bm] [A] Ah, [D] milk cow [A] blues.
Well, [Em] good [A] [B] evening, don't that [E] sun look good [A] going down?
[Em]
[D] [A] [D] Well, good [G] evening, don't [Am] that [G] sun [D] look good going [A] down?
Happy to meet you, brother.
[D]
[Em] [D] Don't [A] that [E] old army cot look [A] lonesome [Bm] when your [A] lover [E] came [A] around?
[D]
[Em] [D] [C#] Now [A] I tried everything, baby, to get along with you.
Now I'm going to tell you what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna stop my crying and leave you alone.
And if [F#m] you don't think I'm leaving, big mama, just count the [A] days I'm gone.
You [F#] ain't gonna see, ain't gonna see my sweet face [A] no more.
[G#]
[G] [Fm] [A] [E] Yeah, you gonna be wondering, honey, [B] where [G#] in this world [F#m] I gone?
[Fm]
[Em] [Fm] [F#m] [C#] Levi.
[A]
Key:  
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
Am
2311
Bm
13421112
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
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To learn Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Leon Rausch - Milk Cow Blues chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: Em, D, Em, D, A, E, F, A and F#m. Set your pace at 50 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 101. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: D Major.

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Milk cow, one, [A] two, three. _ _ _
_ _ _ Ah, the old milk cow blue.
_ [D] Johnny Gambolino.
[F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [E] _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] Well, [A] I woke up this morning.
_ Look out door.
I [E] could tell [G#] my milk [A] cow, I could tell by [E] the way she [C#] looks.
[D] If you see my milk [Bm] cow, _ [B] please drive [A] her on home.
[F#m] _ _
[C#] _ [A] _ _ [E] Cause I ain't had no milk and butter, [Bm] woo, [E] since my [Bm] cow been [G] gone.
_ [D#] _
[A] _ _ [E] _ [A] Well, you gotta treat me right, day by [E] day.
[F#m] [C#] Get out [A] your little [G] prairie book, [A] get down [Em] on [A] your knees and pray.
[D] Cause you gonna [A] need me, [D] you gonna need [D#m] my hand [A] someday. _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] Yeah, you gonna be sorry, [Am] you [Bm] treat me [A] this [D] way. _
[A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
[A] All stricklin' now.
Salt, pot, salt, let that milk come down.
Well, [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] [Em] here [D#m] comes Johnny [A#] Gambol, that [A] little mandolin.
[E] _ [D] _ [A] _ Smallest little instrument in the world, yes.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _
[A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [G#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ _ [Bm] [E] Sail [A] on, sail on, [D] sail [D#m] on, little girl, [A] sail [F#m] on. _
_ [A] _ _ [D] Sail on, sail on, sail on, little girl, [A] sail on. _
_ _ You gonna [E] keep right on to [Gm] sailing [Am] till you [D] lose your happy [A] home.
_ _ [F#m] _
[F] _ [A] _ _ Yes, Keith [F#m] Coleman. _
_ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ _ Ah, get her low, my boy, get her low.
You [D] know what, Roland, _ _
[Am] hit bottom.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ah, here's them [Em] boys, [C#] _ _ [Cm] _ [Bm] Eldon [A] and Leon.
[C#] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] Go _ [D#] _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] _
ahead and get [Cm] high.
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _
[D] _ [Bm] _ [A] Ah, [D] milk cow [A] blues. _
_ _ _ Well, [Em] good [A] [B] evening, don't that [E] sun look good [A] going down?
_ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ [A] _ [D] Well, good [G] evening, don't [Am] that [G] sun [D] look good going [A] down?
Happy to meet you, brother.
[D] _
[Em] [D] Don't [A] that [E] old army cot look [A] lonesome [Bm] when your [A] lover [E] came [A] around?
_ _ [D] _
[Em] _ [D] _ [C#] Now [A] I tried everything, baby, to get along with you.
Now I'm going to tell you what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna stop my crying and leave you alone.
And if [F#m] you don't think I'm leaving, big mama, just count the [A] days I'm gone.
You [F#] ain't gonna see, _ ain't gonna see my sweet face [A] no more.
[G#] _ _
[G] _ [Fm] _ [A] _ [E] Yeah, you gonna be wondering, honey, [B] where [G#] in this world [F#m] I gone?
[Fm] _ _
[Em] _ [Fm] _ [F#m] _ [C#] _ Levi.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song finds its place within the For The Last Time album.

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