Coyotes Chords
by Don Edwards
Coyotes by Don Edwards is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, G, Bm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D A G
Was a cowboy I knew in south Texas
D A G
His face was burnt deep by the sun
D A G
Part history, part sage, part Mexican
D A G
He was there when Pancho Villa was young
D A G
And he'd tell you a tail of the old days
D A G
When the country was wild all around
D A G
sit out under the stars of the Milky Way
D A G
And listen while the coyotes howled and they go..
D A G
Poodi yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo
D A G
Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poo di hoo di yip poo di yip poo
Bm G
Now the Longhorns are gone and the drovers are gone
Em A
The Comanches are gone and the out laws are gone
Em D
Geronimo is gone and Sam Bass is gone
G A
And the lion is gone and the red wolf is gone
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D A G
Well he cursed all the roads and the oil men
D A G
And he cursed the automobile
G D A G
Said "this is no place for an hombre like I am
D A G
In this new world of asphault and steel"
D A G
Then He'd look off some place in the distance
D A G
At somethin only he could see
D A G
He?d say "all thats left now of the old days
D A G
Damned ol' coyotes and me" and they go
D A G
Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo
D A G
Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poo di hoo di yip poo di yip poo
Bm G
Now the Longhorns are gone and the drovers are gone
Em A
The Comanches are gone and the outlaws are gone
Em D
Now Quatro is gone, Stan Wantee is gone
G A
And the lion gone and the red wolf is gone
D A G
One mornin they searched his adobe
D A G
He disappeared without even a word
G D A G
But that night as the moon crossed the mountains
D A G
One more coyote was heard and he'd go
D A G
Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo
D A G
Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poo di hoo di yip poo di yip poo
D A G
Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poodi hoo di yip poo di yip poo
D A G
Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poo di hoo di yip poo di yip poo