Cowboy Rides Away Chords

by George Strait
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Giov41 [a] 589.
2 contributors total, last edit on Oct 30, 2024
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G
C
D

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[Intro]
G   C   D   G
 
 
[Verse 1]
   G                                         C
I knew the stakes were high right from the start
 D                                   G
When she dealt the cards I dealt my heart
    G                                  C
Now I just found a game that I can't play
    D                               G
And this is where the cowboy rides away
 
 
[Chorus]
        G                                 C
And my heart is sinking like the setting sun
 D                                G
Setting on the things I wish I'd done
      G                            C
It's time to say goodbye to yesterday
D                                G
This is where the cowboy rides away
 
 
[Interlude]
G   C   D   G
 
 
[Verse 2]
           G                              C
We've been in and out of love and in between
    D                                G
And now we play the final showdown scene
            G                                  C
And as the credits roll a sad song starts to play
D                                G
This is where the cowboy rides away
 
 
[Chorus 2]
        G                                 C
And my heart is sinking like the setting sun
 D                                G
Setting on the things I wish I'd done
         G                                 C
Oh, the last goodbye's the hardest one to say
D                                G
This is where the cowboy rides away
 
 
[Outro]
         G                                 C
Oh, the last goodbye's the hardest one to say
D                                G
This is where the cowboy rides away
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12 comments
AmazonWoman
great tab! but he plays it without the capo... but i understand why you play it with one. He does have a pretty low voice in this song :)
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gsgillis
There is a nice little chord progression you can add at the ends of the first and third lines after the C. Em to Am and then to D in the next line.
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kylegodfrey1
I embelished a bit for solo acoustic. Cowboy Rides Away-George Strait G C D G D7 G C Cmaj7 C I knew the stakes were high right from the start, D G D7 When she dealt the cards I dealt my heart, G C Cmaj7 C Now I just found a game that I can't play, D G D7 This is where the cowboy rides away G C Cmaj7 C And my heart is sinking like the setting sun, D G D7 set - ting all the things I wish I'd done. G C Cmaj7 C It's time to say goodbye to yesterday, D G D7 this is where the cowboy rides away. G C D G D G C Cmaj7 C We've been in and out of love and in between, D G D7 And now we've played the final showdown scene. G C Cmaj7 C And as the cred - its roll a sad song starts to play, D G D7 This is where the cowboy rides away G C Cmaj7 C And my heart is sinking like the setting sun, D G D7 Set - ting all the things I wish I'd done. G C Cmaj7 C Oh the last goodbye's the hardest one to say, D G D7 This is where the cowboy rides away G C Cmaj7 C Oh the last goodbye's the hardest one to say, D G... This is where the cowboy rides away...
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