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So You Want To Be A Cowboy Singer

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[Verse] Tony Joe White
AmCity light are shining like diamondsD  
AmComing from the southwestern lowsD  
AmBig jet engines screaming like ten thousand horsesD  
FAnother Gtown, another showAm  
[Verse]  Waylon Jennings
AmI don't talk about the women that I've known from time to timeD  
AmYou know that I just can't be aloneD  
AmYou know there's no one waiting for me anywhereD  
FBut I Glove, like I love the one at homeAm  
FloGve the one at home
[Chorus]
DSo you want to be a cowboy singerAm  
DIt can make you rich or make you poorAm  
DJust turn it loose, let it out, and hook em' down the roadAm  
( FThere's always Groom for one moreAm  
[Instrumental]
D   Am   D   Am   D   Am    F   G    Am    F    G   Am
[Verse]  Waylon and Tony Joe
AmSometimes when I look into the mirrorD  
AmI can see that I've been crazy now and thenD  
AmThe lines on my face won't tell you where I'm goingD  
FBut it sure can Gtell you where I've beenAm  
[Chorus]
DSo you want to be a cowboy singerAm  
DPick them ol' guitars every nightAm  
DIf you're ever down around Corpus Christi TexasAm  
FBe Gsure to tell them all I said hiAm  
FBe Gsure to tell them all I said hiAm  
[Instrumental]   
D   Am   D   Am    D   Am   F    G    Am    F   G    Am

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So You Want To Be A Cowboy Singer

by Waylon Jennings

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[Verse] Tony Joe White

Am D

City light are shining like diamonds

Am D

Coming from the southwestern lows

Am D

Big jet engines screaming like ten thousand horses

F G Am

Another town, another show

[Verse] Waylon Jennings

Am D

I don't talk about the women that I've known from time to time

Am D

You know that I just can't be alone

Am D

You know there's no one waiting for me anywhere

F G Am

But I love, like I love the one at home

F G

love the one at home

[Chorus]

D Am

So you want to be a cowboy singer

D Am

It can make you rich or make you poor

D Am

Just turn it loose, let it out, and hook em' down the road

F G Am

( There's always room for one more

[Instrumental]

D Am D Am D Am F G Am F G Am

[Verse] Waylon and Tony Joe

Am D

Sometimes when I look into the mirror

Am D

I can see that I've been crazy now and then

Am D

The lines on my face won't tell you where I'm going

F G Am

But it sure can tell you where I've been

[Chorus]

D Am

So you want to be a cowboy singer

D Am

Pick them ol' guitars every night

D Am

If you're ever down around Corpus Christi Texas

F G Am

Be sure to tell them all I said hi

F G Am

Be sure to tell them all I said hi

[Instrumental]

D Am D Am D Am F G Am F G Am

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