[Verse 1]
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There was a cowboy I knew in south Texas
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His face was burnt deep by the sun
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Part history, part sage, part mesquite
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He was there when Pancho Villa was young
[Verse 2]
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And he'd tell you a tale of the old days
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When the country was wild all around
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sit out under the stars of the Milky Way
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And listen while the coyotes howled and they go:
[Chorus]
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Poo yip poo yip poo
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Poodi loo yip poo hoo yip poo hoo
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Poo yip poo yip poo
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Poodi loo yip poo hoo yip poo hoo
[Bridge]
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
Geronimo is gone and Sam Bass is gone
G A
And the Lion is gone and the Red Wolf is gone
[Verse 3]
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Well he cursed all the roads and the oil men
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And he cursed the automobile
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Said: "this is no place for an hombre like I am
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In this new world of asphalt and steel"
[Verse 4]
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Then he'd look off some place in the distance
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At something only he could see
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He'd say: "All that's left now of the old days
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Are those damned old coyotes and me" and they go:
[Chorus]
D A G
Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poodi loo yip poo hoo yip poo hoo
D A G
Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poodi loo yip poo hoo yip poo hoo
[Bridge]
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 Quantro is gone, Stand Watie is gone
G A
And the Lion is gone and the Red Wolf is gone
[Verse 5]
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One morning they searched his adobe
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He disappeared without even a word
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But that night as the moon crossed the mountains
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One more coyote was heard and he'd go:
[Chorus]
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Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poodi loo yip poo hoo yip poo hoo
D A G
Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poodi loo yip poo hoo yip poo hoo
[Chorus]
D A G
Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poodi loo yip poo hoo yip poo hoo
D A G
Poo yip poo yip poo
D A G
Poodi loo yip poo hoo yip poo hoo
