The Only One I Know Cowboy Life Chords

by Cody Johnson
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author GokuInfinity [a] 328. Last edit on Dec 26, 2017

Chords

E
A
C#m
B

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The Only One I Know (Cowboy Life) - Cody Johnson        Intro A
 
[Verse 1]
E                              A
Another Jake break wakes me up to a hotel lobby coffee cup,
      C#m              B                     A
That dirty old white pickup truck with the trailer hooked up by the Denny's she's mine
E                                    A
Last night's bugs on the windshield, fast food trash on the dash meal
C#m                     B                  A
A speeding ticket and a doctor bill from a gash I got from a short go in Casper, 
A
Summer of last year, maybe next year
 
[CHORUS]
A         E          A         E                   A
Oh, and I ride and I fall, One day I might win 'em all, 
          E                                     B
It's just broken hearts and broken bones, and a hell of a whole lot of being alone
      E          A             E              A
But I ride and I roam, where I hang my hat is home
     E                                       B          A
This cowboy life might kill me, but it's the only one I know
 
[Verse 2]
E                                A
Cell phone was breaking up, the night she called to say she'd had enough
      C#m                B                   A
Of my little white lies, little white lines, wanting somebody who could never be with her
E                                          A
I look back on every fork in the road that I took to chase that buckle of gold
    C#m                        B                    A
And wonder if what I held from what I hold is worth trading away, hell, I don't know
 
All I know
 
[CHORUS]
A         E          A         E                   A
Oh, and I ride and I fall, One day I might win ’em all, 
          E                                     B
It's just broken hearts and broken bones, and a hell of a whole lot of being alone
      E          A             E              A
But I ride and I roam, where I hang my hat is home
     E                                       B          E
This cowboy life might kill me, but it's the only one I know
 
[Bridge: E]
 
[Verse 3]
E           A
Yeah it'll kill me before it ever lets me go, 
      E
It'll kill me, but it's the only life I know
        A                                                                      E   B
And I'd rather die than be caught crying, so I just smile and wear my hat down l—o-w
                A
Wear my hat down low
 
[CHORUS]
      E          A         E                   A
And I ride and I fall, One day I might win 'em all, 
          E                                     B
It's just broken hearts and broken bones, and a hell of a whole lot of being alone.
      E          A             E              A
But I ride and I roam, where I hang my hat is home
     E                                       B          E
This cowboy life might kill me, but it's the only one I know
                                                   B    E     A     E
Yeah this cowboy life might kill me, but it's the only one I know
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8 comments
halliboy
If you wanna play this song the way he plays it live, simply flip the capo upside on 2nd fret and only capo 1-5 leaving the low E open, or tune down drop D and play the G 2 frets up obviously....if you don’t do one or the other the song will sound weird.
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halliboy
Cody Johnson play a big majority of his songs in drop D tuning
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Warrior1293
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAyqJSbapdM Looks like he's playing with a partial capo on 2. Same root notes though.
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