Key: Db major
Verse 1
C
G
Pecos Bill was quite a cowboy
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C
And a western superman to say the least
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C
Am
never known to be a quitter
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D
G
C
Cause he never had no fear of man or beast
F
C
So yippee -aye -aye -aye, yippee -aye -oh
For the toughest critter
D
G
C
west of the Alamo
G
C
out of nowhere
Then he straddled it and
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C
settled down with ease
bucked and flitted,
G
C
Pecos rolled a smoke and lit it
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C
And he tamed that ornery
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G
wind down to a breeze
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F
C
So yippee -aye -aye -aye, yippee -aye -oh
D
G
For the toughest critter west of the Alamo
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C
that spread all over Texas
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C
So to sunny California he did go
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C
G
He brought rain from California
D
G
the Gulf of Mexico
D
G
C
stole a herd of cattle
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C
D
But they didn't know the herd
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C
they stole was Bill's
crooked villains
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C
G
Pecos knocked out all their fillings
D
G
there's gold in them gar hills
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F
C
So yippee -yi -ay, yi -ay, yippee -yi -oh
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C
of the Alamo
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C
Pecos lost his way
D
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C
while traveling on the desert
It was ninety miles across
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C
the burning sand
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C
G
if he didn't get some water
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D
So he got a stick an d
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dug the Rio Grande
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G
C
G
C
did a war dance,
Pecos started shootin' up
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C
their little game.
Am
G
their make -up.
D
C
Desert got its name.
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So yippee -yi -yay, yi -yay, yippee -yi -yo
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C
of the Alamo
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C
With his gun he made the stars evaporate
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G
So he left one brightly shining
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D
As the emblem of the Lone Star,
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C
Texas State
For the toughest critter
Dm
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C
west of the Alamo
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