The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs – When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs – When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chord progression of The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs – When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C G C

[Verse 1]
C                                          F                             C
Let me tell you buddy, there’s a faster gun,
C                      D7                                          G
Coming over yonder when tomorrow comes.
C                      F                      Am
Let me tell you buddy, and it won’t be long,
C                                          G                                          C
Till you find yourself singing your last cowboy song.

[Chorus]
G                                          C                      G
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, when the round up ends.
G                      F                                          C
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, and the camp fire sims.
G                              F                      Am
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, he shouts when he sings,
C                      G                                          C
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings.

[Verse 2]
C                                          F                                          C
When they wrap my body in the thin thin sheet,
C                                          D7                                          G
And they take my six irons, pull the boots from my feet.
C                                          F                      Am
Unsaddle my pony, she’ll be itching to roam.
C                                          G                                          C
I’ll be half way to heaven under horse powered my own.

[Chorus]
G                               C                      G
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, when the round up ends.
G                                          F                      C
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, and the camp fire sims.
G                            F                            Am
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, he shouts when he sings,
C                            G                            C
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings.

[Bridge]
G                            F                            C
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, and glory bound,
G                            F                            C
No more jingle jangle, I lay my guns down.

[Outro]
C                            F                            Am
Yippie-ki-yi-aye, He shouts and he sings.
C                            G                            C
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings.
C                            G                            C
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings.

How to play When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings: key, chords and progression

When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings by The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs keeps coming home to C major (no sharps or flats). You need 5 chords: C, G, F, D7 and Am.

Most of the song cycles through F – Am – C – G (IV – vi – I – V in C major). In solfa, that is fah – lah – doh – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, D, C, A7, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
D7 chord on guitar (xx0212)
D7D F♯ A C
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E

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When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings chords: questions

What key is When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings in?

When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings by The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs is centred on C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings?

When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings uses 5 chords: C, G, F, D7, Am.

What is the chord progression of When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings?

The main progression is F – Am – C – G (IV – vi – I – V).

Is When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, D, C, A7, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo).

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