{"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":952585,"song":"Cant Be A Cowboy Forever","artist":"Aaron Watson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11616894-cant-be-a-cowboy-forever-chords-by-aaron-watson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/952585?type=chord","rating":4.62131,"votes":23,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow he don't expect her to stay true to him[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand she never says that she will[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut he's got a first love that just might kill him[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand she knows he's hooked on the thrill[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo she'll wait and worry then she'll wait some more[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfor the fever that drives him to just run its course[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nshe talks to that picture they took their last night together[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSays you can't be a cowboy forever, no you can't be a cowboy forever.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes he calls her he swears that the ground hurts, more than it did yesterday.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut she knows his voice, and he still sounds determined, to do whatever it takes.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo she'll wait and worry then she'll wait some more, for the fever that drives him to just run its course[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe whiskey he drinks said some things last spring that upset her.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut he can't be a cowboy forever, no you can't be a cowboy forever.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen one night he shows up, and he says what's for dinner[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwith that cocky grin on his face.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe way that she smiled and the way that she held him[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\ntold him he wasn't too late.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs she closed her eyes, and he put that ring on her finger.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid you can't be a cowboy forever,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo you can't be a cowboy forever,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNo you can't be a cowboy forever.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Em","D","G","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}