Nappy-Haired Cowboy chords by Clarence Reid

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