Cowboy Beat Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays525

Cowboy Beat by Bellamy Brothers is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G 
Well it could be anywhere in the U.S.A. 


Texas Tennessee down in F.L.A. 

         C 
When the weekend falls and all the girls come out 

     G 
Well that's what a country boys life is all about 


     D7 
Well there's a band or a jukebox everywhere we go 

    C 
Get in the car turn on the radio 

D7 
Country music playing out in the streets 

C                                     G 
Everybody's dancin' to the cowboy beat  



Well way out west they get a burning desire 


When the guitars play it really feeds the fire 

   C 
Arizona California down the Vegas way 

        G 
They're even feeling the beat through the heat of the day 


    D7 
You know they're fallin' in love all over this land 

C 
From Alaska to the Rio Grande 

   D7 
So hold on to your baby while you move your feet 

C                                     G 
Everybody's dancin' to the cowboy beat 


             C 
Well they're sellin' like hotcakes everywhere we go 

G 
Showing up in honky tonks and rodeos 

A7 
Twangin' and a kickin' on the movie screens 

C                     D7 
Lord it's takin' over everything 


G 
Well it could be anywhere in the U.S.A 


Texas Tennessee down in F.L.A 

    C 
Way up in New York City at the Broadway show 

        G 
They're wearin' boots and buckles while they do si do 


    D7 
You know they're bringin' the whole world down to its knees 

C 
So move a little closer and hold on to me 

      D7 
We'll dance down the isle life'll be so sweet 

C                                  G 
Raisin' our kids to the cowboy beat 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante