At Least I’d Be a Cowboy!

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 1 half step down [ -1 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 1 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro:
Ebm       Bb
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
B           Gb
One of those days hee-haw
Ebm       Bb
Yippee-ki-yay, yeehaw
B
One of those days

Ebm       Bb
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
B              Gb
What would they say, hee-haw
Ebm       Bb
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
B
One of those days

Verse 1:
Gb        B          Ebm
I’ve been swimming upstream
Ab7                   B
Trying to scream underwater
Gb      B        Ebm
Does no-body hear me?
Ab7                    B
Cry like a lamb to the slaughter

Pre-Chorus:
Ebm        Bb             B            Gb  Gbadd9
Should the stray dog cry “Someone leash me”
Ebm       Bb           B         Gb     Gbadd9
Should he lie down and die in the street
Ebm   Bb          B             Gb
Hug a tree like a full grown puppy

Chorus:
B            Gb           Ab7           B
I don't wanna be a self-fulfilling prophecy
B                   Gb               Ab7            B
But I’ve been here before, it doesn't end well in my dream
B               Gb         Ab7               B
If were I were a cowboy, it wouldn't change a thing
B                    Gb
But at least I’d be a cowboy!
   B             Ebm
At least I'd be a cowboy!
   B             Gb  Ab7 B  B  B
At least I'd be a cowboy!

Tag:
Ebm       Bb
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
B           Gb
One of those days hee-haw
Ebm       Bb
Yippee-ki-yay, yeehaw
B
One of those days

Ebm       Bb
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
B              Gb
What would they say, hee-haw
Ebm       Bb
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
B
One of those days

Verse 2:
Gb     B      Ebm
I’ve been living alone
Ab7   Fm7  Ab7       B
Tryna make home in myself again
Gb   B    Ebm
I am lost again
B     Ebm   B
Please don’t leave me

Pre-Chorus:
Ebm      Bb             B            Gb  Gbadd9
Does the stray dog cry “Someone leash me”
Ebm       Bb           B         Gb     Gbadd9
Should he lie down and die in the street
Ebm   Bb          B             Gb
Hug a tree like a full grown puppy

Chorus:
B            Gb           Ab7           B
I don't wanna be a self-fulfilling prophecy
B                   Gb               Ab7            B
But I’ve been here before, it doesn't end well in my dream
B               Gb         Ab7               B
If were I were a cowboy, it wouldn't change a thing
B                    Gb
But at least I’d be a cowboy!
B                Ebm
At least I'd be a cowboy!
B                Gb Ab7 B  B  B
At least I'd be a cowboy!

Chorus:
B            Gb           Ab7           B
I don't wanna be a self-fulfilling prophecy
B                   Gb               Ab7            B
But I’ve been here before, it doesn't end well in my dream
B               Gb         Ab7               B
If were I were a cowboy, it wouldn't change a thing
B                    Gb
But at least I’d be a cowboy!
B                Ebm
At least I'd be a cowboy!
B                Gb Ab7
At least I'd be a cowboy!

Instrumental: Ab7 Ab7 Ab7

Tag:
Ebm       Bb
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
B           Gb
One of those days hee-haw
Ebm       Bb
Yippee-ki-yay, yeehaw
B
One of those days

Ebm       Bb
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
B              Gb
What would they say, hee-haw
Ebm       Bb
Yippee-ki-yay, yee-haw
B
One of those days
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