When I Was A Cowboy Chords

[Intro]
G   G   G   G
 
[Verse 1]
        F C G               F C G
I was a cow-boy, out in the all-ey.
          F C G        Am         D   G
Me and my six-gun keep law on the prairie.
              F     C     G                       F C  G
I remember my first horse well. He was lean but a fast one.
            F     C   G    Am           D  G
We traveled miles together until he got stolen.
 
[Chorus]
        D
And the sheriff said, "Get early to bed
    Am               C                   G
and always keep your hat screwed on real tight,
                       Em
n' case you get into a fight."
             C          D               G    C
Well, that's one of the tricks that you must employ
       D          C  G
if you wanna be a cowboy,
 
[Verse 2]
           F   C    G                 F   C   G
I traveled far from home, even jumped freight trains.
                    F C G           Am         D    G
Threw stones in the o-o-cean, slept out in the cold rain.
                    F  C     G                      F  C G
It was down in some southern town and the music was play-yin'
                    F       C  G                   Am          D  G
and the people were talkin' so loud. They heard no words I was sayin'.
 
[Chorus]
        D
And the sheriff said, "Get early to bed
    Am               C                   G
and always keep your hat screwed on real tight,
                       Em
n' case you get into a fight."
             C          D               G    C
Well, that's one of the tricks that you must employ
       D          C  G
if you wanna be a cowboy,
 
[Verse 3]
               F C G                       F  C G
I dreamed of a mountain, with one lonesome ri-i-der.
                  F C G            Am        D G
He was ragged and ta-ttered and he carried a saber.
                    F  C  G                             F  C G
And all through the ca-a-nyon, you could hear his bones ra-a-ttle.
                 F C   G                Am          D G
He was dead on a dying horse and he was tied to the saddle.
 
[Chorus]
        D
And the sheriff said, "Get early to bed
    Am               C                   G
and always keep your hat screwed on real tight,
                       Em
n' case you get into a fight."
             C          D               G    C
Well, that's one of the tricks that you must employ
       D          C   G
if you wanna be a cowboy,
 
[Verse 4]
        F C G              F C G
I was a cow-boy out on the prairie.
             F C G           Am          D G
Life is much easier now back home in the alley.
 
[Chorus]
        D
And the sheriff said, "Get early to bed
    Am               C                   G
and always keep your hat screwed on real tight,
                       Em
n' case you get into a fight."
             C          D               G    C
Well, that's one of the tricks that you must employ
       D             G
if you wanna be a cowboy,
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