Brian David Gilbert - Pumpkin Cowboy Chords
[Refrain]
Ab
Pumpkin Cowboy (Pumpkin Cowboy)
[Verse 1]
Db Ab
He's a cowboy and a pumpkin
Eb
And he loves his cattle so
Db Ab
But there's no way he gets lumped in
C Fm
With most cowboys you know
Ab
He's no outlaw and he won't quick draw
Bb Eb
For he despises violence
Db Ab
Take a fireside moon over your saloon
Db Eb Ab
As he much prefers the silence
[Refrain]
Ab
Pumpkin Cowboy (Pumpkin Cowboy)
[Verse 2]
Well, it ain't no bluff that life is tough
Eb
For a gourd out on the range
Ab
But for all the woes in the life he chose
C7 Fm
He's never seemed to change
Db Ab Db
With a smile wide and a kerchief tied
Eb
Around his neck-slash-waist
Db Ab
And he's never riled when a cow runs wild
Db Ab
As he'll lasso them post-haste!
[Refrain]
Ab
Pumpkin Cowboy (Pumpkin Cowboy)
Bb
Pumpkin Cowboy! (Pumpkin Cowboy)
[Verse 3]
Eb Bb
But one day when Pumpkin Cowboy was
F
Out tending to his steer
Eb Bb
A frightened child came from town
D Gm
With a message soft but clear
Eb
The townsfolk said that he'd end up dead
F
If he didn't heed their warning
Eb Bb
For they heard that the Cowboy Cat
Eb F Bb
Would be there the next morning
[Refrain]
Bb
Pumpkin Cowboy! (Pumpkin Cowboy)
[Verse 4]
Eb Bb
It was well known through the prairie
F Bb
Cowboy Cat had ruined lives
Eb Bb
And they said he was a devilish man
D Gm
Who liked to play with knives
Eb D
He'd steal your purse and do much worse
Gm
If a hairball made him grouchy
D
If you summed up some of the things he's done
D7
With one word, it'd be "ouchie"
D
(Ouchie, Ouchie!)
[Verse 5]
Eb Bb
Though he had heard tales while on the trail
F
Of the feline fiend reviled
Eb Bb
Pumpkin Cowboy couldn't leave
D
For his cow was now with child
Eb
If they ran away, she'd have to stay
C F
And she might not survive
Eb F Bb
So he waited by her side all night
Eb F Bb
For the scoundrel to arrive
[Refrain]
Bb
Pumpkin Cowboy! (Pumpkin Cowboy)
C
Pumpkin Cowboy! (Pumpkin Cowboy!)
[Verse 6]
F C
Our hero hadn't realized
That he'd begun to doze
F C
And his mind was awfully groggy
E Am
When he finally arose
F E
He touched the ground and sadly found
Am
The thing that he had feared:
E
While he slept under the moonless night
His cow had disappeared!
D G E A
But a moo came from the nearby field
F E
And the cry was harsh and chill
D Am
Cat Cowboy held our hero's cow
F E
And it looked like he could kill
[Verse 7]
F G
Pumpkin Cowboy spoke in hurried yells
E Am
As he pleaded with the cat
F G
He'd give him all his ranch and land
Am
He'd let him take his hat!
E
But the rascal took no compromise
No hat, nor, ranch, nor plain!
Am Em Am
He said the thing he wanted most was
F A
just to inflict pain!
[Verse 8]
D
And as Pumpkin Cowboy heard this
B C
He ran at such a clip
A D
That Cowboy Cat got startled
Eb A
And the knife began to slip
D
And they crashed into each other
Cat and Pumpkin, flesh and blade!
N.C.
[Verse 9]
(Spoken)
F5
And the knife fell to the arid ground. And the scoundrel stood, then swayed...
Fm
[Verse 10]
(Sung)
Cm Db Ab
Cat Cowboy crumped to the dirt
And Pumpkin kneeled beside
Db Ab
And cow stood vigil next to him
C Fm
As Pumpkin Cowboy cried
Db Ab Db Ab
He tipped his hat at Cowboy Cat
Db Eb
And stood without a sound
Db Ab Eb Ab
And when townfolk came to cheer his name
Db Eb Fm
Our hero wasn't found
[Verse 11]
(Spoken)
Db Ab Db Eb
Some say he started wandering for greener fields to roam
Db Ab C Fm
But he didn't bring his cattle, and his horse stayed there at home
[Verse 12]
(Sung)
Db Ab Db
The very next morn, the calf was born
Eb
The town's own pride and joy
Db Eb
And the folks will regale you
Ab Db
With a Gord-geous tale...
Bbm Eb7 Ab
The tale of a Pumpkin Cowboy!
[Refrain]
Ab Dbm
Pumpkin Cowboy! (Pumpkin Cowboy!)
Ab
Pumpkin Cowboy!
