When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings

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Let me tell you buddy - there's a faster gun
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coming over yonder - when tomorrow comes
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Let me tell you buddy - and it won't be long
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Till you find yourself singing - your last cowboy song


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Yippie ki-yi-yay - when the round up ends
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Yippie ki-yi-yay - and the campfire dims
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Yippie ki-yi-yay - he shouts and he sings
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When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings


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When they wrap my body - in the bindling sheet
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And they take my six-irons - and pull the boots from my feet
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Unsaddle my pony - she'll be itchin' to roam
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I'll be halfway to heaven - under horse power of my own


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Yippie ki-yi-yay - when the round-up ends
        G                   F        G
Yippie ki-yi-yay - and the campfire dims
        C               C            F
Yippie ki-yi-yay - he shouts and he sings
        C                  G        C
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings


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Yippie ki-yi-yay - I'm glory bound
         G                    F           G
No more jingle jangle - I'll lay my guns down
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When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings