Pumpkin Cowboy

Ab Pumpkin Cowboy (Pumpkin Cowboy) 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 Ab Pumpkin Cowboy (Pumpkin Cowboy) 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! Ab Pumpkin Cowboy (Pumpkin Cowboy) Bb Pumpkin Cowboy! (Pumpkin Cowboy) 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 Bb Pumpkin Cowboy! (Pumpkin Cowboy) 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!) 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 Bb Pumpkin Cowboy! (Pumpkin Cowboy) C Pumpkin Cowboy! (Pumpkin Cowboy!) 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 k**l 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! 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. (Spoken) F5 And the knife fell to the arid ground. And the scoundrel stood, then swayed... Fm (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! Ab Dbm Pumpkin Cowboy! (Pumpkin Cowboy!) Ab Pumpkin Cowboy!