{"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":62597,"song":"Cowboy Billy","artist":"Garth Brooks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/62597-cowboy-billy-chords-by-garth-brooks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62597?type=chord","rating":0.17467,"votes":0,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nFrom: Shotgun21@aol.com\r\nDate: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 19:07:13 -0500\r\nSubject: TAB: Cowboy Bill by Garth Brooks\r\n\r\nCOWBOY BILL - Garth Brooks\r\n=0D\r\nWords and Music by:\r\nLarry B. Bastian and Ed Berghoff\r\n=0D\r\nVerse:\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 [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] =\r\n\r\nAnd we all believed, and when he would finish\r\n [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] =\r\n\r\nWe'd ask the old cowboy to tell em again\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\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Gsus[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis saddle a crekin 'neath his old faded jeans[/tab]\r\n [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] =\r\n\r\nYou could taste the dry dust from the trail he was ridin'\r\n [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] =\r\n\r\nAs he sat there and he painted those west Texas scenes\r\n=0D\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n=0D\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\r\n (And the grown ups that told us) =\r\n\r\n [ch]C[/ch] =\r\n\r\n You boys keep your distance\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 (Well now they're all sayin')\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Cowboy Bill was a hero =[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Just as true as his blue texas skies.[/tab]\r\n=0D\r\n\r\nAdditional Verses:\r\n=0D\r\nHe told of a time when he rode with the Rangers\r\nDown on the Pecos and he saved the day\r\nOutnumbered by plenty, they were almost to cover,\r\nWIth thirty banditos headed their way.\r\nHe looked back just in time to see a horse stumble,\r\nThe captain wnet down and bill pulled up on his reins.\r\nAnd through a flurry of bullets he rescued the captain,\r\nThey rode for a sunset, just the story remains.\r\n=0D\r\n\r\nWell, I still remember the day that it happened\r\nWe waited and waited, but Bill never showed.\r\nAnd the folks at the feedstore said they hadn't seen him\r\nSo we set out for his place down Old Grist Mill Road.\r\nAnd we Cried when we found him lying there with his Memories\r\nThe old trunk wide open things scattered about.\r\nAnd he was clutching a badge that said texas Ranger,\r\nAnd an old yeller letter said \"Texas is Proud\"\r\n=0D\r\n(To second Chorus)\r\n\r\n--PART.BOUNDARY.0.16174.mail04.mail.aol.com.815789230--","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nFrom: Shotgun21@aol.com\nDate: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 19:07:13 -0500\nSubject: TAB: Cowboy Bill by Garth Brooks\n\nCOWBOY BILL - Garth Brooks\n=0D\nWords and Music by:\nLarry B. Bastian and Ed Berghoff\n=0D\nVerse:\n\n\n C F C =\n\nAnd we all believed, and when he would finish\n F C G C =\n\nWe'd ask the old cowboy to tell em again\n\n\n\n C F C =\n\nYou could taste the dry dust from the trail he was ridin'\n F C G C =\n\nAs he sat there and he painted those west Texas scenes\n=0D\n\nChorus:\n=0D\nDm C/E F =\n\n And the grown ups would tell us =\n\n (And the grown ups that told us) =\n\n C =\n\n You boys keep your distance\n\n\n (Well now they're all sayin')\n\n\n\n=0D\n\nAdditional Verses:\n=0D\nHe told of a time when he rode with the Rangers\nDown on the Pecos and he saved the day\nOutnumbered by plenty, they were almost to cover,\nWIth thirty banditos headed their way.\nHe looked back just in time to see a horse stumble,\nThe captain wnet down and bill pulled up on his reins.\nAnd through a flurry of bullets he rescued the captain,\nThey rode for a sunset, just the story remains.\n=0D\n\nWell, I still remember the day that it happened\nWe waited and waited, but Bill never showed.\nAnd the folks at the feedstore said they hadn't seen him\nSo we set out for his place down Old Grist Mill Road.\nAnd we Cried when we found him lying there with his Memories\nThe old trunk wide open things scattered about.\nAnd he was clutching a badge that said texas Ranger,\nAnd an old yeller letter said \"Texas is Proud\"\n=0D\n(To second Chorus)\n\n--PART.BOUNDARY.0.16174.mail04.mail.aol.com.815789230--","chords":["B","C","F","G","G/B","Am","Gsus","Dm","C/E","D7"],"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]},"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]},"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]}}}