When I Was A Cowboy

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[Verse 1]
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I was a cowboy, out in the alley.
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Me and my six-gun keep law on the 
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prairie.
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I remember my first horse well. He
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 was lean but a fast one.
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We traveled miles together until 
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he got stolen.

[Chorus]
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And the sheriff said, "Get early to 
bed
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and always keep your hat screwed 
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on real tight,
                       Em
n' case you get into a fight."
             C          D         
Well, that's one of the tricks 
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that you must employ
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if you wanna be a cowboy,

[Verse 2]
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I traveled far from home, even 
         F       G
jumped freight trains.
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Threw stones in the ocean, slept 
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out in the cold rain.
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It was down in some southern town 
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and the music was playin'
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and the people were talkin' so 
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loud. They heard no words I was 
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sayin'.

[Chorus]
        D
And the sheriff said, "Get early to 
bed
    A      Am        C           
and always keep your hat screwed 
   G
on real tight,
                       Em
n' case you get into a fight."
             C          D         
Well, that's one of the tricks 
      G    C
that you must employ
       D             G
if you wanna be a cowboy,

[Verse 3]
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I dreamed of a mountain, with one 
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lonesome rider.
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He was ragged and tattered and he 
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carried a saber.
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And all through the canyon, you 
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could hear his bones rattle.
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He was dead on a dying horse and 
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he was tied to the saddle.

[Chorus]
        D
And the sheriff said, "Get early to 
bed
    A      Am        C           
and always keep your hat screwed 
   G
on real tight,
                       Em
n' case you get into a fight."
             C          D         
Well, that's one of the tricks 
      G    C
that you must employ
       D             G
if you wanna be a cowboy,

[Verse 4]
        F  G              F   G
I was a cowboy out on the prairie.
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Life is much easier now back home
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 in the alley.

[Chorus]
        D
And the sheriff said, "Get early to 
bed
    A      Am        C           
and always keep your hat screwed 
   G
on real tight,
                       Em
n' case you get into a fight."
             C          D         
Well, that's one of the tricks 
      G    C
that you must employ
       D             G
if you wanna be a cowboy,