Cows Around Chords by Corb Lund

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[C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#m] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C#m] Everything is better with [G#] cows around.
[C#m] Living in town [F#] sometimes brings me down.
Let [C#m] me bestow this western blessing and [C#] share what I have found.
[F#m] May you always have cows [E] around.
[D] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [B] What else you gonna spend that [F#] extra money on?
What else is gonna get you [G#m] up hours before dawn?
What else is gonna keep you [E] toiling on and [F] on and on?
[G#m] May you [Em] always have cows [Bm] around.
[D] _ [G#m] Come on, you know that you got [F#] too much time on your hands.
Not nearly enough [G#m] complication in your plans.
You need to invite all of the [E] frustration [F] that you can.
[G#m] May you [Em] always have cows around.
[G#] _ _ [E] Everything is better [G#] with cows around.
[C#m] Living in town [F#] sometimes brings me down.
Let [E] me bestow this western blessing and [C#] leave you saddle bound.
[F#m] May you always have cows around.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] What else could [G#m] make a bishop [F#] swear like a sailor might?
What else can cause such tension [G#m] between a [D#] man and his wife?
What else could ever bring all [E] these enhancements [F] to your life?
[G#m] May you [Em] always have [B] cows around.
_ What else is gonna get out [F#] when you don't close the gate?
What else will make you free and [F] maturely [B] show your age?
What else will take a run at [E] you in a fit of [F] bullfine rage?
[B] May you [Em] always have [B] cows around.
_ [E] Well, everything [C#m] is better [G#] with cows around.
[C#m] Living in town [F#] sometimes brings me down.
[E] And although this western blessing [C#] leaves you saddle bound,
[F#m] May you always have [E] cows around. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ What kind of cow? _ _ _
[C#m] Well, there's Hereford, Highland, Simmental, Welsh, Black, Maine, and Jew.
[E] Key and Ena, Limousine, Short Horn, Charley, Watusi, too.
[C#m] Texas, Longhorn, Corrie, Eni, Roman, Yola, Galloway.
[E] Mad Angus, Brahma, Brangus, Jersey, Guernsey, [B] Holstein.
Hey!
[E] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
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[G#m] Well, you might have had to let them [F#] dig for oil and gas.
You might have had to turn the [G#m] place to an exotic game ranch.
[B] You might have had to do all [E] kinds of things to [F] raise the cash.
[G#m] So you'd [Em] always have cows [Bm] around.
[F#m] _
[G#m] Well, how else are you going to lose it [F#] all like daddy did?
What else will make sure you leave [G#m] nothing [B] for your kids?
It's too late now, you know it [E] is.
You might as [F] well admit that [B] you've a badly flawed and sentimental [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ masochisticness.
And that [B] despite all the statistics and [E] the advice that [F] you get,
You [B] will always [Em] have cows [C] around. Yeah!
[D] _ _
[E] Everything is better with [G#] cows around. _
[C#m] Living in town [F#] sometimes brings me down.
Well, [C#m] you won't know what you're missing until [C#] you hear that sound.
Man, [F#m] you always have cows [D#] around.
_ [C#] Man, [F#m] you always [B] have cows _ around.
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[E] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _