Cowboy Band Chords
by Billy Dean
Cowboy Band by Billy Dean is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
C F
C F
Verse
C F
When I was young and just a boy
C F
I Had myself a dream
C G Am
I'd get a horse and ride the range
F G
With Roy and Gene
C F
We'd save the girl in the nick of time
C F
And have the fastest guns
C G Am
Sing a song while the credits rolled
F G
And disappear into the setting sun
F C
I didn't want to play football
F C
Or be a business man
F C F G
All I ever really wanted to do was play in a cowboy band
F
So give me a guitar
C
And some shined up boots
F C
And I'll show you where I stand
F C Am
Somewhere out on the Navajo trail
F G C
Playin' in a cowboy band
F
C F
Verse
C F
When I was nine I stood in line
C F
To see Merle and The Strangers play
C G Am
But when the show was over and the lights went down
F G
I climbed up on that stage
C F
I looked at all those vacant seats
C F
and I just had to smile
C G Am
'Cause I knew one day that I would play
F G
and they'd be dancin' in the aisles
F
So give me a guitar
C
And some shined up boots
F C
And I'll show you where I stand
F C Am
Somewhere out on the lone prarie
F G C
Playin' in a cowboy band
F
C F
Bridge
Am F C
Listen to the rhythm of the bass and drums
Am F G
(Eh-EEH Eh-EEH) It sounds like cowboys on the run (Woo hoo-OOooh)
C F
C F
C Bm Am
F G
F
So give me a guitar
C
And some shined up boots
F C
And I'll show you where I stand
F C Am
Somewhere out on the stage tonight
F G C
Playin' in a cowboy band
F C Am
And I just might be in your hometown tonight
F G C
Playin' in a cowboy band
F
C F
Outro
In a cowboy
C F
band
C F
Ye-heeeee
C F
C F
C F
In a cowboy
C F
band ye
C F
C F
(Fade out)