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[Verse 1]
                     F          F                      C         C
Have you ever seen a cowboy cry   in the middle of the night,
                        F             F                         C         C
missing someone, we had said goodbye,   I worked hard to get it right?
                            Dm           F                               C      C
I changed the way I used to comb my hair   and all the clothes I used to wear,
                      Dm              F                           C      C7
but, it really wasn't what she needs,   I guess she really didn't care.

[Chorus]
               F              F                           Em         A
I gave up everything I loved,   I never thought about goodbye,
                    Dm         G                  C          D*
she just threw away all we had   just to see a cowboy cry.

[Verse 2]
                     F              F                              C         C
She didn't ever understand my ways,   they made no sense where she came from,
                       F           F                         C         C
I read her letter on a silk cachet   telling me that we were done.
                               Dm          F                                C      C
She tried to live a life she's not used to   with simple things and lots of love,
                            Dm            F                                  C      C7
but my drinkin' changed the way she felt,   she prayed for strength from up above.

[Chorus]
                         F                F                              Am       A
Then she gave up on everything she loved,   the time had come to say goodbye.
                             Dm          G                     C       C*
Never dreamed that she would see the day   she could make a cowboy cry.

[Kind Of Chorus]
                      F           F                         C              C
I was tough at what I used to do,   she tried everything to get me through,
                           Dm             G                    C        C7
but, in the end it seems I lost my pride,   life can make a cowboy cry.

[End-Chorus]
                       F            F                          Em        A
So, if you ever see me down and out   on the streets under the sky,
                      Dm           G                         C           C
all you have to do is say her name   and you'll see a cowboy cry.
                      Dm           F* G*                           (N.C.)
All you have to do is say her name      and you'll see this cowboy cry.