The Greatest Cowboy Of All Chords

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The Greatest Cowboy Of All by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G7 and A#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			C 
I have always had my heroes 

     F              C 
I've loved a lot of legends 

               F               G7 
Many men in my mind are riding tall 

       F 
But my cowboy hero hat's off 

       A#             F 
To the man who rode a donkey 

C        F        C      G7      C 
He's the greatest cowboy of them all 



He loves all His little doggies 

   F                       C 
He speaks to them kind and gentle 

                  F                 G7 
And He'll lift up any maverick that falls 

        F 
He sees every stray that's scatters 

          A#                F 
Like he's the only one that matters 

C        F        C      G7      C 
He's the greatest cowboy of them all 


        F 
Once He rode into the sunset 

   A#             F 
Of some returning sunrise 

       
He'll call up all the riders in the sky 

      
I'll get my roll together 

        A#             F 
Getting ready for that roundup  

     A#                 F             C 
That winds up where old cowboys never die 


     
The trail He rides is narrow 

         F                  C 
But it's straighter than an arrow 

                       F                 G7 
And He rides point for all the great and small 

        F 
He will take us through the wire 

   A#                   F 
On to that plane that's higher 

C        F        C      G7      C 
He's the greatest cowboy of them all 


        F 
Once He rode into the sunset 

   A#             F 
Of some returning sunrise 

       
He'll call up all the riders in the sky 

      
I'll get my roll together 

        A#             F 
Getting ready for that roundup  

     A#                 F             C 
That winds up where old cowboys never die 


     
The trail He rides is narrow 

         F                  C 
But it's straighter than an arrow 

                       F                 G7 
And He rides point for all the great and small 

        F 
He will take us through the wire 

   A#                   F 
On to that plane that's higher 

C        F        C      G7      C 
He's the greatest cowboy of them all 


         F        C      G7      C 
He's the greatest cowboy of them all 
    	

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100 BPM Andante