[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]
       
Let me tell yo

u buddy, there

's a faster gu

n
              
coming over yo

           
nder, when tom

  
orrow comes
             
Let me tell yo

              
u buddy, and i

            
t won't be lon

g
             
'til you find 

              
yourself singi

             
ng your last c

       
owboy song


[Chorus]
             
Yippie ki yi y

              
ay, when the r

        
ound up ends
             
Yippie ki yi y

              
ay, and the ca

       
mpfire dims
             
Yippie ki yi y

              
ay, he shouts 

       
and he sings,
             
When a cowboy 

             
trades his spu

       
rs for wings

 

[Verse 2]
          
When they wrap

 my body in th

e bindling she

et
              
and they take 

              
my six irons a

            
nd pull the bo

     
ots from my fe

et
             
Unsaddle my po

              
ny, she'll be 

            
itchin' to roa

m
             
I'll be halfwa

              
y to heaven, u

             
nder horsepowe

        
r of my own

[Chorus]
             
Yippie ki yi y

              
ay, when the r

        
ound up ends
             
Yippie ki yi y

              
ay, and the ca

          
mpfire dims
             
Yippie ki yi y

              
ay, he shouts 

       
and he sings
             
When a cowboy 

             
trades his spu

       
rs for wings

   

[Outro]
             
Yippie ki yi y

             
ay, I'm glory 


bound
             
No more jingle

             
 jangle I'll l

           
ay my guns dow

n
             
Yippie ki yi y

              
ay, he shouts 

       
and he sings
             
When a cowboy 

             
trades his spu

       
rs for wings