guitar tabs, guitar chords and lyrics
5 popular songs
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| 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. P | ursuing the life of my high riding heroes |
| 2. You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare |
| 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 moder 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 worm 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 | |
| Them | selves 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. |
| Greg Vaughn |
| cowpie@olga.net |
