The Cowboy Song

D D/F# G D pushin’ horns weren’t easy like the movies said it was A7sus4 A7 and i don’t recall no dance hall girls or hotel rooms with rugs D D/F# G D you worked hot and tired and nasty rode you pony’s head too low A7 G there were all the nights you couldn’t sleep , cause it was too damn cold D A7 D Dsus Dsus2 D and you’d sing , strawberry roan and little joe Verse 2 D D/F# G D like the time we hit the river and the rains began to fall A7sus4 A7 and the water was rising so damn fast we thought it’d drown us all D D/F# G D we lost a lot of steers that day and four or five good mounts A7 G but when all the boys rode into camp we knew that’s what counts D A7 D Dsus Dsus2 D and we sang , yippie ti yi yay and amazing grace Bm A G D or the night they broke behind us and then they took us by surprise Bm A A7sus4 A7 i whistled out the bonner i seen the terror in his eyes D D/F# G and he rode for all his horse would ride and i know he done his best D A7 G but he crossed over jordan ridin’ dunny to his death D A7 D Dsus Dsus2 D and we sang , bringin’ in the sheaves and the rugged cross instrumental Solo Verse 3 D D/F# G D so when you see that cowboy he’s not ragged by his choice [ ch ] Asus7 [ /Ch ] A7 he never meant to bow them legs or put that gravel in his voice D D/F# G D he’s just chasin’ what he really loves and what’s burning in his soul A7 G wishin’ to god that he’d been born and hundred years ago D A7 D Dsus Dsus2 D still singin’ , strawberry roan and little joe