Cows Around Chords by Corb Lund

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[G#m] _ [C#m] Everything is better [G#] with some cows around [C#m] Living in town [F#] sometimes brings me down
Let me [C#m] bestow this western [G#] blessing and [C#] share what I have found
[F#m] May you always have cows [E] around [D#] _ [D] _
[C#] _ [F#] _ [A#] _ [B] _ [G#] _ [F#m] _ [A#] [B] What else you gonna spend that [F#] extra money
on?
What else is gonna get you [G#m] up hours before
[D#] dawn?
[G#m] What else is gonna keep you [E] toiling on and
[F] on and on?
[G#m] May you [E] always have cows [G#] around
Come [B] _ [G#m]
on, you know that you got too [F#] 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 [B] [F#m] around
[G#] _ [B] _ [E]
Everything is better [G#] with some cows around [C#m]
Living in town [F#] sometimes brings me down
Let [C#m] me bestow this western [Cm] blessing and [C#] leave you saddle bound
[F#m] May you always have cows [E] [D#] around [D] _ [C#] _ [F#] _
[A#] _ [B] _ [G#] _ [F#m] _ [A#] [G#m] What else could make a bishop [F#] swear like a
sailor might?
What else can cause such tension [B] between a
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 [G#m] else is gonna get out [F#] when you don't close the gate?
What else will make you [G#m] prematurely [B] show your age?
What else will take a run at [E] you in a fit of [F] bullfighting rage?
[B] May you [Em] always have cows [B] around _ _ [E] Everything [C#m] is better [G#] with some cows around
[C#m] Living in town [F#] sometimes brings me down [E] And although this western blessing [C#] leads you
saddle bound [F#m] May you [D#] always have [E] cows [C#] around
[D] _ [D#] _ [E] _ [C#] _ [D] _
[D#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
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[C#m] Well there's Hoodford, Hyde, and Simmental, West Blackton, Maine, and [G#m] Duke
[E] Eugenia, Limousine, Shorthorn, Charley, Watusi, too
[C#m] Texas, Longhorn, Coriannee, Roman, Yola, Galloway
[E] And Angus, Brahma, Brangus, [A] Jersey, Guernsey, [B] Holstein
Hey!
[E] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
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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 [E] always have cows [G#] around [D] _
[G#m] How else you gonna lose it [B] all like [F#] daddy did?
What else will make sure you leave [B] nothing for your kid?
It's too late now, you know it [E] is, you might as [F] well admit
_ [B] That you've a badly flawed and sentimental [E] _ _ _ [G#] _ masochisticness
[B] And that despite all the statistics and [E] the advice that [F] you get
You [B] will always [Em] have cows [B] [C#] around
[D] Yeah, [B] [E] I think it's better with [G#] cows around
_ [C#m] Living in town [F#] sometimes brings me down
Well [C#m] you won't know what [G#] you're missing till [C#] you hear that sound
Man, [F#m] you always have cows [D#] around
[D] _ [C#]
[F#m] Man, you always [B] have cows _ [E] around _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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