JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" merupakan lagu Gillian Welch dan David Rawlings yang dirilis pada 2019.
Lagu ini diluncurkan sebagai singel di bawah naungan label musik Acony Records.
"When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" ditulis dan diciptakan oleh Gillian Welch dan David Rawlings yang kemudian berhasil masuk nominasi Best Original Song di Academy Awards 2019.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Hard Times - Gillian Welch
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings" dari Gillian Welch:
[Intro]
C F C F
[Verse 1]
C
Let me tell you buddy, there's a faster gun
D G
coming over yonder, when tomorrow comes
C F
Let me tell you buddy, and it won't be long
C G C
'til you find yourself singing your last cowboy song
[Chorus]
G F C
Yippie ki yi yay, when the round up ends
G F G
Yippie ki yi yay, and the campfire dims
C F
Yippie ki yi yay, he shouts and he sings,
C G C
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings
C F
[Verse 2]
C
When they wrap my body in the bindling sheet
D G
and they take my six irons and pull the boots from my feet
C F
Unsaddle my pony, she'll be itchin' to roam
C G C
I'll be halfway to heaven, under horsepower of my own
[Chorus]
G F C
Yippie ki yi yay, when the round up ends
G F G
Yippie ki yi yay, and the campfire dims
C F
Yippie ki yi yay, he shouts and he sings
C G C
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings
C F C F
[Outro]
G F C
Yippie ki yi yay, I'm glory bound
G F G
No more jingle jangle I'll lay my guns down
C F
Yippie ki yi yay, he shouts and he sings
C G C
When a cowboy trades his spurs for wings