My Heros Have Always Been Cowboys Chords

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
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performed by Willie Nelson
 
 
[Verse]
     D
1. I grew up dreaming of being a cowboy
2. Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery
 
       G                 D
1. And loving the cowboy ways
2. From being alone too long
 
    D
1. Pursuing the life of my high riding heroes
2. You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightman
 
     E7                                 A7
1. I   burned   up   my    childhood    days
2. Knowing well that your best days are gone
 
     D
1. I learned all the rules of a modern day drifter
2. Picking up hookers instead of my pen
 
             G                      D
1. Don't you hold on to nothing too long
2. I let the words of my youth fade away
 
        G                           D            G
1. Just take what you need from the ladies and   leave them
2.      Old worn out saddles and    old worn out memories
 
            D          A7          D
1. With the words of a sad country song
2.     With no one and no place to stay
 
 
[Chorus]
   G                       D
My heroes have always been cowboys
E7                    A7
And they still are it seems
G                      D           G
Sadly in search of and one step in back of
    D                A7          D
Themselves and their slow moving dreams
 
 
This song is in 3/4 time. It sounds best if you hit the bass note of the
chord on the first beat of each measure. You might want to put in some bass
runs like A-B-C#-D between A and D chords where it sounds right.
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