Cows Around Chords by Corb Lund

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_ [C#m] Everything is better with [G#] some cows around _ [C#m] Living in town [F#] sometimes brings me down
[C#m] Let me bestow this western blessing [D] And share [C#] what I have [F#m] found
May you always have cows [E] around [D#] _ [D] _
[C#] _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ [G#] _ [F#m] _ [A#] [B] What else you gonna spend that [F#] extra money
on What else is gonna get you up [G#m] hours before
dawn What else is gonna keep you [E] toiling on and
[F] on and on May [G#m] you always [E] have cows [G#] around
_ _ [B] [G#m] Come on, you know that you got too [F#] much time on your hands
Not merely enough [G#m] complication in your plans You need to invite all of the [E] frustration
that [F] you can May [G#m] you always [Em] have cows [B] [F#m] around
[G#] _ [B] _ [E]
Everything is better with [G#] some cows around _ [C#m]
Living in town [F#] sometimes brings me down
Let me [C#m] bestow this western [Bm] blessing And [C#] leave you saddle bound
[F#m] May you always have cows [E] around [D#] _ [D] _ [C#] _ [F#] _
[A#] _ [B] _ [G#] _ [F#m] _ [A#] [B] What else [G#m] could make a bishop swear [F#] like a
sailor might What else can cause such tension [B] between a
man and his wife What else could ever bring all these [E] enhancements
to [F] your life [G#m] May you always [Em] have cows [G#] [B] around
_ What [G#m] else is gonna get out when [F#] you don't close the gate
What else will make you [F] prematurely [B] show your age
What else will take a run at [E] you in a fit of [F] bull-fine 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#] leaves
you saddle bound [F#m] May you [D#] always have cows [C#m] around
[D] _ [D#] _ [E] _ [C#] _ [D] _
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Well, there's Hoodford, Hyde, and Simmental, West Black, and Main and [G#m] Duke, [E] E.
and E.
And there's a limousine, short horn, Charlie, _ Y2Z2, Texas [C#m] Longhorn, Cori, and a Roman Yola Galloway
[E] And Angus Brom, Brangus, Jersey, [A] Guernsey, [B] Holstein
Hey!
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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 [B] place to an exotic game ranch
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
[Bm] _
[G#m] Well, how else you gonna lose it [B] all like [F#] 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 [G#] admit
That [B] you've a badly flawed and sentimental [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ masochisticness
[B] And that despite all the statistics and [E] the advice that [F] you get
You [B] will always [Em] have cows [C] around, [C#] [D] yeah
[B] _ [E] Everything is better with [G#] cows around
_ [C#m] Living in town sometimes [F#] brings me down
[C#m] Well, you won't know what you're missing [G#] till [C#] you hear that sound
That [F#m] you always have cows [E] around
[D] _
[C#] That [F#m] you always [B] have cows _ _
[E] around _ _ _ _ _ _
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