Nappy-Haired Cowboy chords by Clarence Reid
Verse 1
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A
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He was a black little
kid who got no respect
As he watched his dad with a
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rope around his neck
D
G
He was being hung for
B
a crime he did not commit
Bb
So as the kid dropped to one knee
He could see his dad
being hung from a tree
And one of the guys hit
C
him with a whip and said,
Em
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Kid, not yet!
G
Em
Bb
So he ran away crying
B
Bb
But suddenly he looked
back and he hollered
E
A
I'll be back when I'm grown
D
G
Em
You just wait
A
Bb
Em
I'll get y 'all for this
E
Em
And ten years later
Hey, hey, hey
Mr.
Nappy
Head
Cowboy
G
Em
Hey, hey, hey
Mr.
Nappy
Head
Cowboy
Bb
One black sunny day
F
B
He rode in a tire
Em
G
And on his face
He wore a crown, and at the corner of his eye,
D
A
D
he saw the town people staring.
Em
G
C
Em
They were staring at a .45
D
Em
strapped to his side.
E
A
G
And to everyone's surprise,
his skin was as black as his hair.
Em
A
He got off his horse real slow,
D
A
B
and made his way to the barroom door.
Em
D
Hey, hold it there, no
Negroes allowed,
Em
G
Em
A
G
someone called.
Em
A
Bb
And as quick as the words had been said,
A
Bb
E
his big 45 skid firing led, in a few minutes you
G
E
Em
E
Em
E
Em
could hear a pin fall.
A
I was out running some outlaws down,
G
A
G
when I heard what I kept in town, as I reached
A
Em
A
D
Em
the barroom door, he began to laugh, he said,
B
Em
E
Em
G
Em
what is this, some kind of a game, I think
F#
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I grabbed my gun and fell to the floor
As I felt lead from his big .44's
A
I just lied then, pretending that I was dead
Bb
B
He got on his horse and started to leave
But I had a big surprise waiting
G
for me in the street
Em
There's 20 of my deftest guns,
G
Em
they're firing legs
Yeah
A
And that was the end of the
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Nasty
Head
Cowboy
G
Em
Bang, bang, bang
G
Em
Shoot em up, bring em back
A
Em
G
Em
Bang, bang, bang
Shoot em up,
G
Em
bring em in
G
Em
Em
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Nappy-Haired Cowboy
Clarence Reid
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