Nappy-Haired Cowboy chords by Clarence Reid

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