{"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":1452787,"song":"The Cowboy Song","artist":"Garth Brooks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1452787-the-cowboy-song-chords-by-garth-brooks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1452787?type=chord","rating":4.79037,"votes":164,"content":"[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]D/F#[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPushin' horns weren't easy like the movies said it was[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]A7sus4[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't recall no dance hall girls or hotel rooms with rugs[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou worked hot and tired and nasty rode you pony's head too low[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were all the nights you couldn't sleep, cause it was too damn cold               [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus[/ch]   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you'd sing, Strawberry Roan and Little Joe[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]D/F#[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike the time we hit the river and the rains began to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]A7sus4[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd the water was rising so damn fast we thought it'd drown us all[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D/F#[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe lost a lot of steers that day and four or five good mounts[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when all the boys rode into camp we knew that's what counts[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Dsus[/ch]   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we sang, Yippie Ti Yi Yay and Amazing Grace[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr the night they broke behind us and then they took us by surprise[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]A7sus4[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI whistled out the Bonner I seen the terror in his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]D/F#[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he rode for all his horse would ride and I know he done his best[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut he crossed over Jordan ridin' Dunny to his death[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Dsus[/ch]   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we sang, Bringin' in the Sheaves and the Rugged Cross[/tab]\r\n\r\nInstrumental Solo\r\n\r\nVerse 3\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D/F#[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo when you see that cowboy he's not ragged by his choice[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]Asus7[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nHe never meant to bow them legs or put that gravel in his voice[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D/F#[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nHe's just chasin' what he really loves and what's burning in his soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWishin' to God that he'd been born and hundred years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus[/ch]   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStill singin', Strawberry Roan and Little Joe[/tab]","plain_text":"Verse 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstrumental Solo\n\nVerse 3","chords":["D","D/F#","G","A7sus4","A7","Dsus","Dsus2","Bm","A","Asus7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"A7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,3,0]},"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]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}