Rhinestone Cowboy Chords

by Glen Campbell
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author rigidfingers28 [a] 60.
2 contributors total, last edit on Oct 16, 2023
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Chords

C
G
Gsus4
F
Dm
Cmaj7
Am7

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RHINESTONE COWBOY
 
I have taken into account the orchestral movement on this interpretation with some of
the chords (Gsus4 Cmaj7) plus as you are playing the C at the start of verse, hit the
1st and 3rd fret on the top e (whilst still strumming) in time with 'so long' on the
first verse etc. It's a good adaption for solo acoustic guitar and goes down very well
when I play it at a gig. (Nice on a 12 string!)
 
I've put the riff at the end of the chorus and the two chords beginners might have a
problem with at the bottom. As the original just fades out I've come up with A--2--
added to the riff on the chorus end then finish on a C.
 
 
 
[Verse]
 
C
I've been walking these streets so long
Singing the same old song
                                             G  (Gsus4 G)
I know every crack in the dirty sidewalks of Broadway
            F
Where hustle is the name of the game
    Dm                   F                           C
And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain
                G
There's been a load of compromising
            F               C
On the road to my horizon
    F                      Dm                    G   (Dm G)
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       F     G    C       (F C)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
       Cmaj7               Am7               Dm   G
Riding out on a horse in a star spangled rodeo
       F    G     C       (F C)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
        Cmaj7                Am7                 Dm
Getting cards & letters from people I don't even know
                           F     *
And offers coming over the phone
 
 
[Verse]
 
  C
I really don't mind the rain
and smiles can hide all the pain
                                                            G
You're down while taking the train that's taking the long way
   F
And I dream of things I'll do
       Dm                 F                    C
With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe
 
G
There'll been a load of compromising
            F               C
On the road to my horizon
    F                      Dm                    G   (Dm G)
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       F     G    C       (F C)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
       Cmaj7               Am7               Dm   G
Riding out on a horse in a star spangled rodeo
       F    G     C       (F C)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
        Cmaj7                Am7                 Dm
Getting cards & letters from people I don't even know
                           F     *
And offers coming over the phone
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       F     G    C       (F C)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
       Cmaj7               Am7               Dm   G
Riding out on a horse in a star spangled rodeo
       F    G     C       (F C)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
        Cmaj7                Am7                 Dm
Getting cards & letters from people I don't even know
                           F     *
And offers coming over the phone
 
 
 * Riff
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-3-2-0---------------------|
A|--------3-2-0--------------|
E|---------------3-1-0---1-3-|
 
Gsus4  3x0013
Cmaj7  032000
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Rhinestone Cowboy – Glen Campbell
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13 comments
mytrip7471
It's all good :), but the Dm is a D7 at "where the LIGHTS are shining on me, the rest are Dm
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tdou525473
The preliminary chord charts show fingerings for chords A , E and B none of which appear to actually be used in the song ?!
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tdou525473
Good job but The fretting for the G sus 4 chord at the end is actually, as written , for a G sus 4 add A and should read 2 not 0 at the fret on the 5th A string if it is to be a straight G sus 4
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