| D | G | D | C | D | G | |
| I bet you've | never | heard ole M | arshall | Dillion | say |
| D | C | D | G | |
| Miss | Kitty have you | ever thought of | running | away |
| D | C | D | |
| Settling | down will you | marry me |
| G | D | C | D | |
| If I | asked you | twice and begged you | pretty please |
| G | D | C | D | G | |
| She | 'd of said | Yes in a | New York | minute |
| D | C | |
| They | never tied the k | not |
| D | G | D | |
| His | heart wasn't | in | it |
| C | D | |
| Stole a | kiss as he | road away |
| G | D | C | D | |
| He never | hung his | hat up at Kitty's place |
| Chorus: |
| G | D | C |D |
| I should've been a Cowboy |
| D G | D | C |D |
| I should'be learned to rope and ride |
| G | D | C | D | |
| wearing my | six-shooter | riding by p | ony |
| G | D | C |D |
| on a cattle drive |
| D G | D | C |D |
| Stealing the young girl's hearts |
| D G | D | C |D |
| Just like Gene and Roy |
| D G | D | C |D |
| Singing those campfire songs |
| G | D | C |
| I should've been a cowboy |
| Verse 2 |
| I might of had a side kick with a funny name |
| running wild through the hills chasing Jesse James |
| Ending up on the brink of danger |
| Riding shotgun for the Texas Rangers |
| Go west yound man, haven't you been told |
| California's full of whisky, women and gold |
| Sleeping out all night beneath the Texas stars |
| Dream in my eye and a prayer in my heart |
| Chorus |