{"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":62596,"song":"Cowboy Bill","artist":"Garth Brooks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/62596-cowboy-bill-chords-by-garth-brooks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62596?type=chord","rating":4.88015,"votes":70,"content":"COWBOY BILL - Garth Brooks\r\n\r\nWords and Music by:\r\nLarry B. Bastian and Ed Berghoff\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe told a good story and all us kids listened[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Bout his life on the border and the way it was then[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we all believed, and when he would finish[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe'd ask the old cowboy to tell em again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nYou could almost hear those prairie winds blowin'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gsus[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis saddle a creakin' 'neath his old faded jeans[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou could taste the dry dust from the trail he was ridin'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs he sat there and he painted those west Texas scenes[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n And the grown ups would tell us\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n You boys keep your distance,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n that old man's just tellin' you lies[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n But to all us kids[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Cowboy Bill was a hero[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Just as true as his blue Texas skies[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe told of a time when he rode with the Rangers[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown on the Pecos and he saved the day[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOutnumbered by plenty, they were almost to cover,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith thirty banditos headed their way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/B[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nHe looked back just in time to see a horse stumble,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gsus[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe captain went down and bill pulled up on his reins[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd through a flurry of bullets he rescued the captain,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey rode for a sunset, just the story remains[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n And the grown ups would tell us[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n You boys keep your distance,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n that old man's just tellin' you lies[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n But to all us kids[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Cowboy Bill was a hero[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n Just as true as his blue Texas skies[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell, I still remember the day that it happened[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe waited and waited, but Bill never showed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the folks at the feedstore said they hadn't seen him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo we set out for his place down Old Grist Mill Road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A/C#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A/C#[/ch]\r\nAnd we cried when we found him lying there with his memories[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Asus[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe old trunk wide open things scattered about[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he was clutching a badge that said Texas Ranger,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd an old yeller letter said \"Texas is Proud\"[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus]\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch] [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And the grown ups that told us[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n You boys keep your distance,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n that old man's just tellin' you lies[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Well now they're all sayin'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Cowboy Bill was a hero[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Just as true as his blue Texas skies[/tab]","plain_text":"COWBOY BILL - Garth Brooks\n\nWords and Music by:\nLarry B. Bastian and Ed Berghoff\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\nDm C/E F\n\n And the grown ups would tell us\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n[Chorus]","chords":["B","C","F","G","G/B","Am","Gsus","Dm","C/E","D7","A7","D","A","A/C#","Bm","Asus","Em","D/F#","E7"],"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]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"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]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}