Coyotes chords by Richard Thompson and Don Edwards

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Was a  (D major) 
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cowboy I knew  (A major) in south  (G major) Texas,
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His  (D major) face was burnt deep  (A major) by the sun (G major) ,
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Part  (D major) history, part  (A major) sage, part  (G major) mesquit,
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He was  (D major) there when Poncho
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 (A major) Villa was  (G major) young.

Verse 2

And he'd tell you a tale

of the old days,

When the country was wild all around,

Sit out under the stars of the Milky Way,

And listen while the coyotes howl.

Verse 3

And they go... hoo yip hoo yip hoo

hoodi hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo

hoo yip hoo yip hoo

hoo di hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo

Verse 4
Bm 
Now the  (B minor) long horns are gone,
G 
And the  (G major) drovers are gone,
Em 
The Comanches  (E minor) are gone,
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And the  (A major) outlaws are gone,
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Ge (E minor) ronimo is gone,
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And Sam  (D major) Bass is gone,
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And the  (G major) lion is gone,
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And the  (A major) red wolf is gone.

Verse 5
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Well he  (D major) cursed all the roads  (A major) 
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and the  (G major) oil men,
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And he  (D major) cursed the  (A major) automobile,
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 (G major) Said this is  (D major) no place for
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 (A major) an hombre like  (G major) I  am,
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In this  (D major) new world of  (A major) asphalt
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and steel.  (G major) 

Verse 6
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Then he'd  (D major) look off some  (A major) place
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in the dis (G major) tance,
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At something  (D major) only  (A major) he could see,  (G major) 
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He'd say  (D major) all that's left
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 (A major) now of the  (G major) old days,
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Those  (D major) damned old  (A major) coyotes and me.  (G major) 

Verse 7

And they go hoo yip hoo yip hoo

hoodi hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo

hoo yip hoo yip hoo

hoo di hoo di yip hoo di yip hoo

Verse 8
Bm 
Now the  (B minor) long horns are gone,
G 
And the  (G major) drovers are gone
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The Comanches  (E minor) are gone
A 
And the  (A major) outlaws are gone,
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Now  (E minor) Quantro is gone,
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Stan  (D major) Watie is gone
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And  (G major) lion is gone,
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And the  (A major) red wolf is gone.

Verse 9
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 (D major) One morning they  (A major) searched his  (G major) adobe,
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He disap (D major) peared without
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 (A major) even a word,  (G major) 
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But that  (D major) night as the  (A major) moon
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crossed the  (G major) mountain,
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 (D major) One more  (A major) coyote was heard.
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 (G major) 

Verse 10
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And he'd go,  (D major) hoo yip  (A major) hoo yip  (G major) hoo
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hoodi hoo di yip  (D major) hoo di yip hoo
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G 
D 
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hoo  (A major) yip  (G major)  (D major) hoo yip  (A major) hoo
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D 
 (G major) hoo di hoo di yip  (D major) hoo di yip hoo
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hoo  (A major) yip