Cowboy Church Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays438

Cowboy Church by Red Steagall is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, D7 and G7. 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
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  			C                      F 
Lord I'm just a cowboy and you know cowboy ways 
  
C                                     D7            G7 
You probably look at guys like me the way I look at strays 
  
C 
You know the kind that wonder off  

F                      C 
Away from all the herd I was truly lost myself  

G7                C 
Until I found the word 

  

   F                   G7 
My church is the great out of doors 
  
C 
My song is natures sound 
  
    F           C 
The sky is my cathedral 
  
   D7           G7 
My alter is the ground 

  

    F               G7 
You must be fond of mavericks 
  
      C                     F 
Cause you made 'em wild and free  

   F                   C 
So I know you've got a place up there  

    G7               C 
For old cowboys like me 

  

      C                              
Don't think that I don't love you  

F 
Because I'm not herd bound 
  
C 
Its just that I'm uncomfortable 
  
     D7          G7 
With other folks around 

  

  C 
I know You're all around me  

F 
I see you every day  

C 
Its just that I don't go to church  

G7                 C 
Where other people pray 

  

   F                   G7 
My church is the great out of doors 
  
C 
My song is natures sound 
  
F               C 
The sky is my cathedral 
  
   D7           G7 
My alter is the ground  



     F               G7 
You must be fond of mavericks 
  
      C                     F 
Cause you made 'em wild and free 
  
     F                 C 
So I know you've got a place up there 
  
    G7               C 
For old cowboys like me 

  

    F               G7 
You must be fond of mavericks  

      C                     F 
Cause you made 'em wild and free 
  
     F                 C 
So I know you've got a place up there 
  
    G7               F C  G7  C 
For old cowboys like m-e 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante