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What Am I Doing Here

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What Am I Doing Here
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1: EStarin' at the E/G#south end of Anorth bound Ecattle
   Slavin' in the C#msaddle all Bday
   You've Egot to be E/G#some kind of Anatural born F#fool
   To E/Bwant to live your Blife Athis EwayB  
2: Well it can't be the cooking, it sure ain't the money
   The devil made the horse that I ride
   The days are too long and the nights are too short
   And the boss ain't never satisfied
CHORUS
So Ewhat am I E/G#doing Ahere ELord, what am I C#mdoing F#mhereB  
There's Egot to be E/G#something Abetter up F#there
So E/Bwhat am I Adoing Ehere
BRIDGE
C#mSometimes I wonder in the G#mlightning and the thunder
If a Acowboy's even Bgot a EprayerG#7  
And C#mwhy'd you have to make it so G#mhard down here
When F#7things are so much better up Bthere
3: Now the Lord called his angels all around the throne
   Said boys I must be wastin' my time
   'Cause I thought I gave the cowboy a pretty good life
   Now he's complaining 'till the day he dies
repeat chorus twice

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What Am I Doing Here

by Michael Martin Murphey

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E/G#

C#m

E/B

F#m

G#m

G#7

F#7

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What Am I Doing Here

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E E/G# A E

1: Starin' at the south end of north bound cattle

C#m B

Slavin' in the saddle all day

E E/G# A F#

You've got to be some kind of natural born fool

E/B B A E B

To want to live your life this way

2: Well it can't be the cooking, it sure ain't the money

The devil made the horse that I ride

The days are too long and the nights are too short

And the boss ain't never satisfied

CHORUS

E E/G# A E C#m F#m B

So what am I doing here Lord, what am I doing here

E E/G# A F#

There's got to be something better up there

E/B A E

So what am I doing here

BRIDGE

C#m G#m

Sometimes I wonder in the lightning and the thunder

A B E G#7

If a cowboy's even got a prayer

C#m G#m

And why'd you have to make it so hard down here

F#7 B

When things are so much better up there

3: Now the Lord called his angels all around the throne

Said boys I must be wastin' my time

'Cause I thought I gave the cowboy a pretty good life

Now he's complaining 'till the day he dies

repeat chorus twice

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