{"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":70952,"song":"The Last Cowboy Song","artist":"The Highwaymen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/70952-the-last-cowboy-song-chords-by-the-highwaymen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/70952?type=chord","rating":4.67081,"votes":87,"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\n\r\n************ THE LAST COWBOY SONG ************\r\n\r\nperformed by Waylon Jennings\r\n\t     Kris Kristofferson\r\n\t     Johnny Cash\r\n             Willie Nelson\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus (all together):\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tThis is the last cowboy song[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\tThe end of a hundred year waltz[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tThe voices sound sad as they're singing along[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tAnother piece of America is lost[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1:(Waylon Jennings)\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tHe rides the feed lots,works in a market[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tOn weekend selling tobacco and beer[/tab]\r\n\r\n\tHe dreams of tommorrow surrounded by fences\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tBut he'll dream tonight of when fences weren't here[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:(Kris Kristofferson)\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tHe blazed the trail with Lewis and Clark[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tAnd eyeball to eyeball old Wyatt backed down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\tHe stood shoulder to shoulder with Travis in Texas\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tAnd rode with the Seventh when Custer went down[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus.\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3:(Willie Nelson)\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tRemington showed us how he looked on canvas[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tAnd Louis Lamour told us his tale[/tab]\r\n\r\n\tMe and Johnny and Waylon and Kris sing about him\r\n[tab]                                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tAnd wish to God we could have ridden his trail[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 4:(spoken-Johnny Cash) and the three others sing the chorus.\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tThe old chisom trail is covered in concrete[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\tThey truck it to market in fifty foot rigs[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tThey roll by his graveside and don't even notice[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tLike living and dieing was all he ever did[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus.\r\n\r\n\r\nThanks to David M. Potter for the lyrics.\r\nPerret Charles-Amir.(perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr)","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#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n\n************ THE LAST COWBOY SONG ************\n\nperformed by Waylon Jennings\n\t     Kris Kristofferson\n\t     Johnny Cash\n             Willie Nelson\n\n\nChorus (all together):\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 1:(Waylon Jennings)\n\n\n\n\tHe dreams of tommorrow surrounded by fences\n\n\n\nVerse 2:(Kris Kristofferson)\n\n\n\n\tHe stood shoulder to shoulder with Travis in Texas\n\n\n\nChorus.\n\n\nVerse 3:(Willie Nelson)\n\n\n\n\tMe and Johnny and Waylon and Kris sing about him\n\n\n\nVerse 4:(spoken-Johnny Cash) and the three others sing the chorus.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus.\n\n\nThanks to David M. Potter for the lyrics.\nPerret Charles-Amir.(perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr)","chords":["D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}