[Chorus]
B F# B
I'm countin' the cattle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
B
I'm countin' the cattle
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just to check if they're alive
B F# B
I'm countin' the cattle 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
B F# B
I'm countin' the cattle once again.
[Vers 1]
B
Well, the first little cow
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she went for a climb
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she went up the mountain
B
and there were just nine
B
and the second little cow
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she went out for a date
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discovered it was wolfie
B
and then we were eight.
[Chorus]
B F# B
I'm countin' the cattle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
B
I'm countin' the cattle
F#
just to check if they're alive
B F# B
I'm countin' the cattle 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
B F# B
I'm countin' the cattle once again.
[Vers 2]
B
Well, number three and number four
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they were longhorned chicks
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they met some horny bulls
B
and I'm only contin' six
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and number five, six and seven
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went out without their key
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and now they're hanging at the butcher's
B
and I'm only countin' three.
[Chorus]
B F# B
I'm countin' the cattle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
B
I'm countin' the cattle
F#
just to check if they're alive
B F# B
I'm countin' the cattle 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
B F# B
I'm countin' the cattle once again.
[Vers 3]
B
Well, the 8th and the 9th
B
said: "we're never havin' fun"
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and then they packed their things and
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left and now I'm only countin' one
B
Now, u see, we're alone me and Molly
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she's brownspotted, cheerful and she's jolly
B
'Know she milks herself everyday
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and she promise' me that she will stay
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but our son is a muuh-tant but who gives a damn I mean
F# B
when the folks downtown call us mister and mam.
[Chorus]
B F# B
I'm countin' the cattle 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
B
I'm countin' the cattle
F#
just to check if they're alive
B F# B
I'm countin' the cattle 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
B F# B
I'm countin' the cattle once again.