A Cowboy I Will Stay Chords by Douglas Newell, Rich Obrien, The Enid Symphony Orchestra, R.W. Hampton
Tempo:
82.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Ab
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Dm] [C]
[G] [D] [G]
[G] I went north on the Chisholm Trail [C] in [G] 1868, we left Fort Worth on the 15th day [C] of May.
[D] [G] We crossed Red River Station with [C] two thousand [G] head of steers, heading north to [D] Kansas working
for [G] our pay.
At night we counted stars beneath [C] the Oklahoma [G] [Am] sky, [G] and dreamed of fame and fortune [Am] on the way.
[D] [G] By the time we camped at Round Pond we [C] were mighty [G] tired and sore, and Abilene [D] seemed half [Am] a world [G] away.
[G] [C] Long days in the saddle, [Em] [G] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that is where [Am] I'll [D] lay.
[C] Not that I'm complaining, cause [G] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [F] other way.
[D] [G] I'm a cowboy now, [C] a cowboy I [G] will stay.
I went north on the Western Trail [C] in [G] 1881, we were bound for Dodge City on [Am] the rail.
[D] [G] We forded the Red River at [C] Doan's Crossing, headed [G] north with three thousand [D] head of cattle on [G] the trail.
At dusk we watched the Nighthawks as [C] they danced in [G] lonesome flight, and we listened to the coyotes as [C] they sang.
[D] [G] We drifted off to dreaming that [C] we'd always be [G] this young, in a land so wild [D] and free out on [G] the range.
[Dm] [C] Long days in the saddle, [G] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that [Bm] is where [Am] I'll [Em] lay.
[D] [C] Not that I'm complaining, cause [G] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [F] other way.
[D] [G] I'm a cowboy now, [C] a cowboy I [G] will stay.
[Eb] [G] [Ab] I've loaded Curly's cattle [Ebm] [Db] on a truck that's headed [Ab] north, he waves goodbye and sends me on [Db] my way.
[Eb] [Ab] This old job, it hadn't changed much [Db] since a hundred years [Ab] ago, for a [Eb] cowboy riding [G] for [Ab] his pay.
At night I'll count the stars beneath [Db] my Oklahoma [Ab] sky, and dream of fame and fortune [Db] someday.
[Eb] By [Ab] the time I get to Pond Creek, [Db] I'll be mighty tired [Ab] to soar, but my troubles will [Eb] be half a world [Ab] away.
[Ebm] [Db] Long days in the saddle, [Ab] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that is where [Bbm] I'll lay.
[Eb] [Db] Not that I'm complaining, cause [Ab] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [Gb] other way.
[Eb] [Ab] I'm a cowboy now, [Db] a cowboy I [Ab] will stay.
[E] When [A] my best days are all past me, and [D] my skill is long [A] since gone, and my bones don't move and bend like younger [Bm] [E] days.
[A] I'll travel in my memory, through [D] the days that I [A] did ride, I'm a cowboy now, [E] a cowboy I [A] will stay.
[Em] [D] Long days in the saddle, [A] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that is where [Bm] I'll lay.
[E] [D] Not that I'm complaining, cause [A] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [G] other way.
[E] [A] I'm a cowboy now, [D] a cowboy I [A] will stay.
I'm a cowboy now, [D] and a cowboy I [A] will stay.
[G] [D] [G]
[G] I went north on the Chisholm Trail [C] in [G] 1868, we left Fort Worth on the 15th day [C] of May.
[D] [G] We crossed Red River Station with [C] two thousand [G] head of steers, heading north to [D] Kansas working
for [G] our pay.
At night we counted stars beneath [C] the Oklahoma [G] [Am] sky, [G] and dreamed of fame and fortune [Am] on the way.
[D] [G] By the time we camped at Round Pond we [C] were mighty [G] tired and sore, and Abilene [D] seemed half [Am] a world [G] away.
[G] [C] Long days in the saddle, [Em] [G] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that is where [Am] I'll [D] lay.
[C] Not that I'm complaining, cause [G] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [F] other way.
[D] [G] I'm a cowboy now, [C] a cowboy I [G] will stay.
I went north on the Western Trail [C] in [G] 1881, we were bound for Dodge City on [Am] the rail.
[D] [G] We forded the Red River at [C] Doan's Crossing, headed [G] north with three thousand [D] head of cattle on [G] the trail.
At dusk we watched the Nighthawks as [C] they danced in [G] lonesome flight, and we listened to the coyotes as [C] they sang.
[D] [G] We drifted off to dreaming that [C] we'd always be [G] this young, in a land so wild [D] and free out on [G] the range.
[Dm] [C] Long days in the saddle, [G] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that [Bm] is where [Am] I'll [Em] lay.
[D] [C] Not that I'm complaining, cause [G] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [F] other way.
[D] [G] I'm a cowboy now, [C] a cowboy I [G] will stay.
[Eb] [G] [Ab] I've loaded Curly's cattle [Ebm] [Db] on a truck that's headed [Ab] north, he waves goodbye and sends me on [Db] my way.
[Eb] [Ab] This old job, it hadn't changed much [Db] since a hundred years [Ab] ago, for a [Eb] cowboy riding [G] for [Ab] his pay.
At night I'll count the stars beneath [Db] my Oklahoma [Ab] sky, and dream of fame and fortune [Db] someday.
[Eb] By [Ab] the time I get to Pond Creek, [Db] I'll be mighty tired [Ab] to soar, but my troubles will [Eb] be half a world [Ab] away.
[Ebm] [Db] Long days in the saddle, [Ab] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that is where [Bbm] I'll lay.
[Eb] [Db] Not that I'm complaining, cause [Ab] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [Gb] other way.
[Eb] [Ab] I'm a cowboy now, [Db] a cowboy I [Ab] will stay.
[E] When [A] my best days are all past me, and [D] my skill is long [A] since gone, and my bones don't move and bend like younger [Bm] [E] days.
[A] I'll travel in my memory, through [D] the days that I [A] did ride, I'm a cowboy now, [E] a cowboy I [A] will stay.
[Em] [D] Long days in the saddle, [A] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that is where [Bm] I'll lay.
[E] [D] Not that I'm complaining, cause [A] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [G] other way.
[E] [A] I'm a cowboy now, [D] a cowboy I [A] will stay.
I'm a cowboy now, [D] and a cowboy I [A] will stay.
Key:
G
D
C
Ab
A
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C
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[G] I went north on the Chisholm Trail [C] in [G] 1868, we left Fort Worth on the 15th day [C] of May.
[D] _ [G] We crossed Red River Station with [C] two thousand [G] head of steers, heading north to [D] Kansas working
for [G] our pay.
_ At night we counted stars beneath [C] the Oklahoma [G] [Am] sky, [G] and dreamed of fame and fortune [Am] on the way.
[D] _ [G] By the time we camped at Round Pond we [C] were mighty [G] tired and sore, and Abilene [D] seemed half [Am] a world [G] away. _
_ [G] [C] Long days in the saddle, [Em] [G] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that is where [Am] I'll [D] lay.
[C] Not that I'm complaining, cause [G] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [F] other way.
[D] _ [G] I'm a cowboy now, [C] a cowboy I [G] will stay.
I went north on the Western Trail [C] in [G] 1881, we were bound for Dodge City on [Am] the rail.
[D] _ [G] We forded the Red River at [C] Doan's Crossing, headed [G] north with three thousand [D] head of cattle on [G] the trail.
At dusk we watched the Nighthawks as [C] they danced in [G] lonesome flight, and we listened to the coyotes as [C] they sang.
[D] _ [G] We drifted off to dreaming that [C] we'd always be [G] this young, in a land so wild [D] and free out on [G] the range.
_ [Dm] [C] Long days in the saddle, [G] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that [Bm] is where [Am] I'll [Em] lay.
[D] _ [C] Not that I'm complaining, cause [G] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [F] other way.
[D] _ [G] I'm a cowboy now, [C] a cowboy I [G] will stay.
[Eb] _ [G] [Ab] I've loaded Curly's cattle [Ebm] [Db] on a truck that's headed [Ab] north, he waves goodbye and sends me on [Db] my way.
[Eb] [Ab] This old job, it hadn't changed much [Db] since a hundred years [Ab] ago, for a [Eb] cowboy riding [G] for [Ab] his pay.
_ At night I'll count the stars beneath [Db] my Oklahoma [Ab] sky, and dream of fame and fortune [Db] someday. _
[Eb] By [Ab] the time I get to Pond Creek, [Db] I'll be mighty tired [Ab] to soar, but my troubles will [Eb] be half a world [Ab] away. _
[Ebm] _ [Db] Long days in the saddle, [Ab] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that is where [Bbm] I'll lay.
[Eb] _ [Db] Not that I'm complaining, cause [Ab] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [Gb] other way.
[Eb] _ [Ab] I'm a cowboy now, [Db] a cowboy I [Ab] will stay.
[E] When [A] my best days are all past me, and [D] my skill is long [A] since gone, and my bones don't move and bend like younger [Bm] [E] days.
_ [A] I'll travel in my memory, through [D] the days that I [A] did ride, I'm a cowboy now, [E] a cowboy I [A] will stay.
_ [Em] [D] Long days in the saddle, [A] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that is where [Bm] I'll lay.
[E] _ [D] Not that I'm complaining, cause [A] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [G] other way.
[E] _ [A] I'm a cowboy now, [D] a cowboy I [A] will stay.
I'm a cowboy now, [D] and a cowboy I [A] will stay. _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[G] I went north on the Chisholm Trail [C] in [G] 1868, we left Fort Worth on the 15th day [C] of May.
[D] _ [G] We crossed Red River Station with [C] two thousand [G] head of steers, heading north to [D] Kansas working
for [G] our pay.
_ At night we counted stars beneath [C] the Oklahoma [G] [Am] sky, [G] and dreamed of fame and fortune [Am] on the way.
[D] _ [G] By the time we camped at Round Pond we [C] were mighty [G] tired and sore, and Abilene [D] seemed half [Am] a world [G] away. _
_ [G] [C] Long days in the saddle, [Em] [G] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that is where [Am] I'll [D] lay.
[C] Not that I'm complaining, cause [G] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [F] other way.
[D] _ [G] I'm a cowboy now, [C] a cowboy I [G] will stay.
I went north on the Western Trail [C] in [G] 1881, we were bound for Dodge City on [Am] the rail.
[D] _ [G] We forded the Red River at [C] Doan's Crossing, headed [G] north with three thousand [D] head of cattle on [G] the trail.
At dusk we watched the Nighthawks as [C] they danced in [G] lonesome flight, and we listened to the coyotes as [C] they sang.
[D] _ [G] We drifted off to dreaming that [C] we'd always be [G] this young, in a land so wild [D] and free out on [G] the range.
_ [Dm] [C] Long days in the saddle, [G] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that [Bm] is where [Am] I'll [Em] lay.
[D] _ [C] Not that I'm complaining, cause [G] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [F] other way.
[D] _ [G] I'm a cowboy now, [C] a cowboy I [G] will stay.
[Eb] _ [G] [Ab] I've loaded Curly's cattle [Ebm] [Db] on a truck that's headed [Ab] north, he waves goodbye and sends me on [Db] my way.
[Eb] [Ab] This old job, it hadn't changed much [Db] since a hundred years [Ab] ago, for a [Eb] cowboy riding [G] for [Ab] his pay.
_ At night I'll count the stars beneath [Db] my Oklahoma [Ab] sky, and dream of fame and fortune [Db] someday. _
[Eb] By [Ab] the time I get to Pond Creek, [Db] I'll be mighty tired [Ab] to soar, but my troubles will [Eb] be half a world [Ab] away. _
[Ebm] _ [Db] Long days in the saddle, [Ab] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that is where [Bbm] I'll lay.
[Eb] _ [Db] Not that I'm complaining, cause [Ab] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [Gb] other way.
[Eb] _ [Ab] I'm a cowboy now, [Db] a cowboy I [Ab] will stay.
[E] When [A] my best days are all past me, and [D] my skill is long [A] since gone, and my bones don't move and bend like younger [Bm] [E] days.
_ [A] I'll travel in my memory, through [D] the days that I [A] did ride, I'm a cowboy now, [E] a cowboy I [A] will stay.
_ [Em] [D] Long days in the saddle, [A] sleeping on the ground, where I tossed my bedroll that is where [Bm] I'll lay.
[E] _ [D] Not that I'm complaining, cause [A] I've got a job to do, and I wouldn't have it any [G] other way.
[E] _ [A] I'm a cowboy now, [D] a cowboy I [A] will stay.
I'm a cowboy now, [D] and a cowboy I [A] will stay. _
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