{"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":2573910,"song":"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys","artist":"Willie Nelson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2573910-my-heroes-have-always-been-cowboys-chords-by-willie-nelson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2573910?type=chord","rating":4.745,"votes":194,"content":"My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys\r\n----------------------------------\r\nperformed by Willie Nelson\r\n\r\n** Credit goes to the first person to post a chord sheet for this.  My only modification was to put it\r\nin a format for auto-scroll to work since I'm lazy like that **\r\n\r\n[Verse]\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\nAnd loving the cowboy ways.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nPursuing the life of my high riding heroes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI   burned   up   my    childhood    days.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI learned all the rules of a modern day drifter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't you hold on to nothing too long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust 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\nAnd they still are it seems[/tab]\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]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCowboys 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 nightmare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nKnowing well that your best days are gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nPicking 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\nOld 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\nAnd they still are it seems[/tab]\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]\r\n\r\n[Repeat last two lines]\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]G/B[/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\n** Credit goes to the first person to post a chord sheet for this.  My only modification was to put it\nin a format for auto-scroll to work since I'm lazy like that **\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Repeat last two lines]","chords":["D","G","E7","A7","G/B"],"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]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}