C                                   F           C
I've hiked through the sage brush I ran up some rails
                          D7         G7
I slept on the bench in a few county jails
         C                             F            C
And they laugh as they knocked all the wind from my sail
             G7           C
When I was a young Dallas Cowboy

[Verse 2]
                              F           C
I've tried hard to tackle the problems at hand
                                  D7             G7
I've kicked a few habits and I've marched to the band
  C                        F           C
I tried hard to follow the lady of the land
             G7           C
When I was a young Dallas Cowboy

[Verse 3]
     F                      C
I've made a few passes that weren't incomplete
  F                            C          G7
I stumbled through yards on my way to the street
C                         F             C
Running from beds where I did more than sleep
             G7           C
When I was a young Dallas Cowboy

[Verse 4]
                                  F
Well he tackled the bottle and he fumbled the ball
G7                                            C
And he'd touchdown in alleys alone where he'd fall
                            F
Just to wait for his son to make up for it all
     G7                   C
When I was a young Dallas Cowboy

[Verse 5]
                  F
When I was a baby he broke up the team
G7                                C
Divorcin’ my momma to live with a dream
                       F
He had back in college when he was still green
    G7                   C
And I was a young Dallas Cowboy

[Verse 6]
                                 F         C
Now the footballs I held did not fit in my hand
                         D7       G7
Got me a guitar and I've got me a band
   C                          F         C
So don't put me down when I'm takin' my stand

[Outro]
                 G7           C
Be proud of this young Dallas Cowboy
                     G7           C
Yeah I'm proud I'm a young Dallas Cowboy
                  G7           C
Be proud of those young Dallas Cowboys