Old Jake chords and lyrics
Free chords for Old Jake by Chris LeDoux. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
Old Jake Chris Leodoux Capo 3 Chords Dave Brooks at David.brook73@hotmail.com (G) Now old Jake was a cowboy he'd worked his whole life on the © range And he could rope, and he could ride with any (D man just half his (G) age Old Jake was my hero and (C) me I was just a green kid And I (D) prayed that someday I could do all the things old Jake (G) did Well we sat around the bunk house one (C) cold and lonely winter's night Just chewin' and talkin' and smokin' by the coal oil (G) light Well old Jake had been aweful quiet (C) that evenin' and he stared hard and (D) long He said (C) young puncher you goin' to remember me after I'm (D) gone (G) Whatever happens to old cowboy hero’s like (C) me A broken down part of a (D) man I used to (B) be Will I be forgotten or live on in your (C) memory Whatever happens to (D) old cowboy heros like (C) me (G) It's been a long time and oh (C) how the years fade away (G) Old friend you might be gone but (C) your memory always stays the same (G) Whatever happens to old cowboy hero’s like (C) me A broken down part of a (D) man I used to (G) be Will I be forgotten or live on in your (C) memory Whatever happens to (D) old cowboy heros like (C) me (G) Whatever happens to old cowboy hero’s like (C) me A broken down part of a (D) man I used to (G) be Will I be forgotten or live on in your (C) memory Whatever happens to (D) old cowboy heros like (C) me Part written by me for a funeral of my hero. (G) What ever happens to old cowboy heroes like (C) me You’ll always live on (D) forever in my (G) memory I’ll always remember the things the way (C) they used to be You’ll always and (D) forever be a hero to (G) me
Old Jake Chords by Chris LeDoux
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