D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)There Was a cowboy I knew in south Texas 
D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)His face was burnt deep by the sun  
D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)Part history, part sage, part Mexican 
D (xx0232@1)                      A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)He was there when Pancho Villa was young 
  
D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)And he'd tell you a tale of the old days 
D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)When the country was wild all around 
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)sit out under the stars of the Milky Way 
D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)And listen while the coyotes howled and they go.. 
  
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)Poodi yip poo yip poo 
D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)Poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo 
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)Poo yip poo yip poo 
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)Poo di hoo di yip poo di yip poo 
  
Bm (x24432@1)                       G (320003@1)Now the Longhorns are gone and the drovers are gone 
Em (022000@1)                   A (x02220@1)The Comanches are gone and the out laws are gone 
Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)Geronimo is gone and Sam Bass is gone 
G (320003@1)                           A (x02220@1) 
And the lion is gone and the red wolf is gone  
  
D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)Well he cursed all the roads and the oil men 
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)   G (320003@1)And he cursed the automobile 
G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)Said "this is no place for an hombre like I am  
D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)In this new world of asphault and steel" 
  
D (xx0232@1)                     A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)Then He'd look off some place in the distance 
D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)
At somethin only he could see 
  
D (xx0232@1)                      A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)He'd say "All thats left now of the old days 
D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1)Are those damned ol' coyotes and me" and they go 
  
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)Poo yip poo yip poo 
D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)        GPoodi (320003@1)hoo di yip poo di yip poo 
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)Poo yip poo yip poo 
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)Poo di hoo di yip poo di yip poo 
  
Bm (x24432@1)                       G (320003@1)Now the Longhorns are gone and the drovers are gone 
Em (022000@1)                   A (x02220@1)The Comanches are gone and the out laws are gone 
Em (022000@1)                  D (xx0232@1)Geronimo is gone and Sam Bass is gone 
G (320003@1)                           A (x02220@1) 
And the lion is gone and the red wolf is gone 
  
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)One mornin they searched his adobe 
D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)
He disappeared without even a word 
G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)
But that night as the moon crossed the mountains 
D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)One more coyote was heard and he'd go 
  
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)Poodi yip poo yip poo 
D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)Poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo 
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)Poo yip poo yip poo 
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)Poo di hoo di yip poo di yip poo

D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)Poodi yip poo yip poo 
D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)Poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo 
D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)Poo yip poo yip poo 
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)Poo di hoo di yip poo di yip poo