{"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":2889773,"song":"When I Was A Cowboy","artist":"Ralph McTell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11650649-when-i-was-a-cowboy-chords-by-ralph-mctell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2889773?type=chord","rating":4.83364,"votes":4,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was a cow-boy, out in the all-ey.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMe and my six-gun keep law on the prairie.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI remember my first horse well. He was lean but a fast one.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe traveled miles together until he got stolen.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the sheriff said, \"Get early to bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand always keep your hat screwed on real tight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nn' case you get into a fight.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, that's one of the tricks that you must employ[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nif you wanna be a cowboy,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI traveled far from home, even jumped freight trains.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThrew stones in the o-o-cean, slept out in the cold rain.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was down in some southern town and the music was play-yin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the people were talkin' so loud. They heard no words I was sayin'.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the sheriff said, \"Get early to bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand always keep your hat screwed on real tight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nn' case you get into a fight.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, that's one of the tricks that you must employ[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nif you wanna be a cowboy,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI dreamed of a mountain, with one lonesome ri-i-der.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was ragged and ta-ttered and he carried a saber.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all through the ca-a-nyon, you could hear his bones ra-a-ttle.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was dead on a dying horse and he was tied to the saddle.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the sheriff said, \"Get early to bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand always keep your hat screwed on real tight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nn' case you get into a fight.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, that's one of the tricks that you must employ[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nif you wanna be a cowboy,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was a cow-boy out on the prairie.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLife is much easier now back home in the alley.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the sheriff said, \"Get early to bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand always keep your hat screwed on real tight,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nn' case you get into a fight.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, that's one of the tricks that you must employ[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nif you wanna be a cowboy,[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG   G   G   G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","F","C","Am","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}