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[Intro]
G D G C
G D G
[Verse 1]
(Softly)
GWell you're nothing but a Dpaper Gcowboy
Made out of Cglue and old Gnews
And oh, your bravDado and your Gdrug-dealing Cways
GThat only Dgives us the Gblues
[Interlude]
C G C G
[Verse 2]
(Faster)
GWell you're nothing but a Dpaper Gcowboy
Made out of Cglue and old Gnews
And oh, your bravDado and your Gdrug-dealing Cways
GThat only Dgives us the Gblues
[Verse 3]
GYou're always Dout talking a Ggood game
With your cronies, your Cclowns, and your Gdogs
All of the Dthings that Gyou say you'll Cdo
Well a Gmillion-to-Done says you Gwon't
[Chorus]
So Clay Ddown your Gguns
They Cwere never Dloaded Ganyhow
With your high-dollar Dboots
And your Gtrash-talking Cmouth
This Gtown has no Duse for you Gnow
[Solo]
(Like Verse)
G D G
C G
D G C
G D G
[Verse 4]
GWhen everyone gets Don to your Gtricks
Where in the Chell are you gonna Ggo?
Can't say Dyou've got Gnothing to Cprove
GBaby, when you've got Dnothing to Gshow
[Verse 5]
GCause you're nothing but a Dpaper Gcowboy
So fade away like a Cgood cowboy Gshould
Give your pony the Dreigns Gdown on the Cplain
And you can Gtell them you was DmisunderGstood
[Chorus]
So Clay Ddown your Gguns
They Cwere never Dloaded Ganyhow
With your high-dollar Dboots
And your Gtrash-talking Cmouth
This Gtown has no Duse for you Gnow
This Gtown has no Duse for you Gnow
[Outro]
G(RBbepeFat over solo's)
End on G

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Paper Cowboy

by Margo Price

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

G D G C

G D G

[Verse 1]

(Softly)

G D G

Well you're nothing but a paper cowboy

C G

Made out of glue and old news

D G C

And oh, your bravado and your drug-dealing ways

G D G

That only gives us the blues

[Interlude]

C G C G

[Verse 2]

(Faster)

G D G

Well you're nothing but a paper cowboy

C G

Made out of glue and old news

D G C

And oh, your bravado and your drug-dealing ways

G D G

That only gives us the blues

[Verse 3]

G D G

You're always out talking a good game

C G

With your cronies, your clowns, and your dogs

D G C

All of the things that you say you'll do

G D G

Well a million-to-one says you won't

[Chorus]

C D G

So lay down your guns

C D G

They were never loaded anyhow

With your high-dollar boots

G C

And your trash-talking mouth

G D G

This town has no use for you now

[Solo]

(Like Verse)

G D G

C G

D G C

G D G

[Verse 4]

G D G

When everyone gets on to your tricks

C G

Where in the hell are you gonna go?

D G C

Can't say you've got nothing to prove

G D G

Baby, when you've got nothing to show

[Verse 5]

G D G

Cause you're nothing but a paper cowboy

C G

So fade away like a good cowboy should

D G C

Give your pony the reigns down on the plain

G D G

And you can tell them you was misunderstood

[Chorus]

C D G

So lay down your guns

C D G

They were never loaded anyhow

With your high-dollar boots

G C

And your trash-talking mouth

G D G

This town has no use for you now

G D G

This town has no use for you now

[Outro]

G Bb F

(Repeat over solo's)

End on G

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