Chords for Michael Martin Murphey - Where Do Cowboys Go When They Die
Tempo:
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Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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What I'd always wanted to do is make an album of all cowboy songs, traditional cowboy songs.
I started off singing cowboy music when I was 17 years old at a place called Sky Ranch in Louisville, Texas.
And my job was to
sing cowboy songs around the campfire and entertain people at night and clean out the corral during the daytime.
[Gm] [D]
[B] [D] Where do [G] cowboys go when they die?
[B] [A] Is there a place in the sweet [D] by and by
Where the water is clean [Em] and the grass grows [Bm] green?
[A] And there ain't a [Em] cloud in [D] the sky.
What is reincarnation?
[G] A cowboy asked his friend.
[A] His friend replied,
Well, son, it happens when your [D] life has reached its end.
[A] You see, they comb your hair and they wash your neck [G] and they clean your fingernails.
And [Am] then they lay you down in a [A] padded box
far away from [D] life's travails.
Now that old box in you goes down in a hole that's been [G] dug into the ground.
[Em] And I reckon that reincarnation starts [C#m] in when you're planted [D] beneath the mound.
You see, the box melts down just like the clods in you who is [G] inside.
[A] And [Em] then, partner, you're just beginning on a transformation [D] ride.
Is there a place in [Em] the sweet by [G] and by?
[A] Where do cowboys go [D] when they die?
You see, in a while some [Am] rain will come
[Em] and fall upon the ground.
[Am] Till one day on your lonely little grave a little [D] flower will be found.
And [G] say a hoss should wander by and graze upon this flower.
[Am] That once was you, but now
it's [D] just a vegetative bower.
[Em] That little [D] flower that the horse done ate up [G] with all his other feed
becomes [Am] bone and fat and [Em] muscle.
[D] Essential to that steed.
[G] Of course, some is consumed, but he can't use.
And so it passes through.
[Am] [D] And finally it lays there on the ground, this thing that once was you.
[G] Then say that I should wander by and gaze upon the ground.
[Am]
And wonder and ponder on this object that I found.
Well, it sure makes me think of reincarnation.
[N] Makes me think about life and death and such.
And I right away concluding,
Slim, you ain't changed all that much.
[Bm] [A] [D]
Is there a place [G] in the sweet by and by?
Where [A] do cowboys go when they [Em] die?
[A] Now, [D] you know.
[N] [Bm]
I started off singing cowboy music when I was 17 years old at a place called Sky Ranch in Louisville, Texas.
And my job was to
sing cowboy songs around the campfire and entertain people at night and clean out the corral during the daytime.
[Gm] [D]
[B] [D] Where do [G] cowboys go when they die?
[B] [A] Is there a place in the sweet [D] by and by
Where the water is clean [Em] and the grass grows [Bm] green?
[A] And there ain't a [Em] cloud in [D] the sky.
What is reincarnation?
[G] A cowboy asked his friend.
[A] His friend replied,
Well, son, it happens when your [D] life has reached its end.
[A] You see, they comb your hair and they wash your neck [G] and they clean your fingernails.
And [Am] then they lay you down in a [A] padded box
far away from [D] life's travails.
Now that old box in you goes down in a hole that's been [G] dug into the ground.
[Em] And I reckon that reincarnation starts [C#m] in when you're planted [D] beneath the mound.
You see, the box melts down just like the clods in you who is [G] inside.
[A] And [Em] then, partner, you're just beginning on a transformation [D] ride.
Is there a place in [Em] the sweet by [G] and by?
[A] Where do cowboys go [D] when they die?
You see, in a while some [Am] rain will come
[Em] and fall upon the ground.
[Am] Till one day on your lonely little grave a little [D] flower will be found.
And [G] say a hoss should wander by and graze upon this flower.
[Am] That once was you, but now
it's [D] just a vegetative bower.
[Em] That little [D] flower that the horse done ate up [G] with all his other feed
becomes [Am] bone and fat and [Em] muscle.
[D] Essential to that steed.
[G] Of course, some is consumed, but he can't use.
And so it passes through.
[Am] [D] And finally it lays there on the ground, this thing that once was you.
[G] Then say that I should wander by and gaze upon the ground.
[Am]
And wonder and ponder on this object that I found.
Well, it sure makes me think of reincarnation.
[N] Makes me think about life and death and such.
And I right away concluding,
Slim, you ain't changed all that much.
[Bm] [A] [D]
Is there a place [G] in the sweet by and by?
Where [A] do cowboys go when they [Em] die?
[A] Now, [D] you know.
[N] [Bm]
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_ _ _ What I'd always wanted to do is make an album of all cowboy songs, traditional cowboy songs.
I started off singing cowboy music when I was 17 years old at a place called Sky Ranch in Louisville, Texas.
And my job was to
sing cowboy songs around the campfire and entertain people at night and clean out the corral during the daytime.
_ [Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [D] Where do [G] cowboys go when they die?
[B] [A] Is there a place in the sweet [D] by and by
Where the water is clean [Em] and the grass grows [Bm] green?
[A] And there ain't a [Em] cloud in [D] the sky. _ _
What is reincarnation?
[G] A cowboy asked his friend.
_ [A] His friend replied,
Well, son, it happens when your [D] life has reached its end.
[A] You see, they comb your hair and they wash your neck [G] and they clean your fingernails.
And [Am] then they lay you down in a [A] padded box
far away from [D] life's travails.
_ Now that old box in you goes down in a hole that's been [G] dug into the ground.
[Em] And I reckon that reincarnation starts [C#m] in when you're planted [D] beneath the mound.
_ You see, the box melts down just like the clods in you who is [G] inside.
[A] And [Em] then, partner, you're just beginning on a transformation [D] ride.
_ Is there a place in [Em] the sweet by [G] and by?
[A] Where do cowboys go [D] when they die?
You see, in a while some [Am] rain will come
[Em] and fall upon the ground.
_ [Am] Till one day on your lonely little grave a little [D] flower will be found.
And [G] say a hoss should wander by and graze upon this flower.
[Am] That once was you, but now
it's [D] just a vegetative bower. _
[Em] That little [D] flower that the horse done ate up [G] with all his other feed
becomes [Am] bone and fat and [Em] muscle.
[D] Essential to that steed. _
[G] Of course, some is consumed, but he can't use.
_ _ And so it passes through.
_ [Am] [D] And finally it lays there on the ground, this thing that once was you. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Then say that I should wander by and gaze upon the ground.
[Am] _
And wonder and ponder on this object that I found. _ _
_ Well, it sure makes me think of reincarnation. _ _
_ _ [N] Makes me think about life and death and such.
_ _ And I right away _ concluding,
Slim, you ain't changed all that much.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [D]
Is there a place [G] in the sweet by and by?
Where [A] do cowboys go when they [Em] die?
[A] Now, [D] you know. _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ [Bm] _
I started off singing cowboy music when I was 17 years old at a place called Sky Ranch in Louisville, Texas.
And my job was to
sing cowboy songs around the campfire and entertain people at night and clean out the corral during the daytime.
_ [Gm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [D] Where do [G] cowboys go when they die?
[B] [A] Is there a place in the sweet [D] by and by
Where the water is clean [Em] and the grass grows [Bm] green?
[A] And there ain't a [Em] cloud in [D] the sky. _ _
What is reincarnation?
[G] A cowboy asked his friend.
_ [A] His friend replied,
Well, son, it happens when your [D] life has reached its end.
[A] You see, they comb your hair and they wash your neck [G] and they clean your fingernails.
And [Am] then they lay you down in a [A] padded box
far away from [D] life's travails.
_ Now that old box in you goes down in a hole that's been [G] dug into the ground.
[Em] And I reckon that reincarnation starts [C#m] in when you're planted [D] beneath the mound.
_ You see, the box melts down just like the clods in you who is [G] inside.
[A] And [Em] then, partner, you're just beginning on a transformation [D] ride.
_ Is there a place in [Em] the sweet by [G] and by?
[A] Where do cowboys go [D] when they die?
You see, in a while some [Am] rain will come
[Em] and fall upon the ground.
_ [Am] Till one day on your lonely little grave a little [D] flower will be found.
And [G] say a hoss should wander by and graze upon this flower.
[Am] That once was you, but now
it's [D] just a vegetative bower. _
[Em] That little [D] flower that the horse done ate up [G] with all his other feed
becomes [Am] bone and fat and [Em] muscle.
[D] Essential to that steed. _
[G] Of course, some is consumed, but he can't use.
_ _ And so it passes through.
_ [Am] [D] And finally it lays there on the ground, this thing that once was you. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Then say that I should wander by and gaze upon the ground.
[Am] _
And wonder and ponder on this object that I found. _ _
_ Well, it sure makes me think of reincarnation. _ _
_ _ [N] Makes me think about life and death and such.
_ _ And I right away _ concluding,
Slim, you ain't changed all that much.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [D]
Is there a place [G] in the sweet by and by?
Where [A] do cowboys go when they [Em] die?
[A] Now, [D] you know. _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ [Bm] _