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Cowboy Song

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Capo 3
Intro C pick the A string when you strum it. 
CPick me up softly, I don't know the shape that I'm inF  
GI dropped through the windows and down through the buildings
And up to the front door againC  
CThere was a gunfight out in the moonlight
To settle the matters at handF  
GSo pick me up stranger, pick me up softly
I don't know the shape that I'm inC  
Chorus
And FI did my best with my time in the WestC  
And GI tried not to leave anyone in distresCs
And FI have stood tall yeah and I never lieCd
FThat's a lie
GBut I surely tried
 GTo do everything that I could do rightF  C  
And that's the way the cookie crumbles. Same way all the way through the song.

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Cowboy Song

by Joe Purdy

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo 3

Intro C pick the A string when you strum it.

C F

Pick me up softly, I don't know the shape that I'm in

I dropped through the windows and down through the buildings

And up to the front door again

There was a gunfight out in the moonlight

To settle the matters at hand

So pick me up stranger, pick me up softly

I don't know the shape that I'm in

Chorus

F C

And I did my best with my time in the West

G C

And I tried not to leave anyone in distress

F C

And I have stood tall yeah and I never lied

That's a lie

But I surely tried

G F C

To do everything that I could do right

And that's the way the cookie crumbles. Same way all the way through the song.

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