{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":77934,"song":"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys","artist":"Willie Nelson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11547338-my-heroes-have-always-been-cowboys-chords-by-willie-nelson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/77934?type=chord","rating":4.80214,"votes":573,"content":"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys\r\n----------------------------------\r\nperformed by Willie Nelson\r\n\r\nThis song is in 3/4 time. It sounds best if you hit the bass note of the\r\nchord on the first beat of each measure. You might want to put in some bass\r\nruns like A-B-C#-D between A and D chords where it sounds right.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI grew up dreaming of being a cowboy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  And loving the cowboy ways[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n Pursuing the life of my high riding heroes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n   I burned up my childhood days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n  I learned all the rules of a modern day drifter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Don't you hold on to nothing too long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the words of a sad country song[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy heroes have always been cowboys[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n   And they still are it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Sadly in search of and one step in back of[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThemselves and their slow moving dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom being alone too long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou could die from the cold in the arms of a nightman[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E7[/ch]                                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nKnowing well that your best days are gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Picking up hookers instead of my pen[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI let the words of my youth fade away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Old worn out saddles and old worn out memories[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith no one and no place to stay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy heroes have always been cowboys[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n   And they still are it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Sadly in search of and one step in back of[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThemselves and their slow moving dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSadly in search of and one step in back of[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThemselves and their slow moving dreams[/tab]","plain_text":"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys\n----------------------------------\nperformed by Willie Nelson\n\nThis song is in 3/4 time. It sounds best if you hit the bass note of the\nchord on the first beat of each measure. You might want to put in some bass\nruns like A-B-C#-D between A and D chords where it sounds right.\n\n\n[Intro]\nD\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","B","C","D","G","E7","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}