Intro: C G C
C F
Guitars and whiskey in a honky tonk somewhere
C G
Cowboy angel said here's one about a girl with flowers in her hair
C F
Wild flowers, asked the Knoxville boy, no the cowboy replied
C G C
A wild rose like those that grows along the road, a slow burnin' suicide
F C
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel, it's too late anyhow
G
He's too far gone, still ridin' on your tears can't help him now
F G C F
Don't waste your love sweet Magdelene, it'll only slow him down
C G C
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel ridin' out to that sweet town
D G
From Babylon to Joshua Tree, you could taste it in the air
D A
That grevious wine of sympathy and a cross no man could bear
D G
Are you goin', asked the Knoxville boy, hell yeah the cowboy replied
D A D
Then he blew his mind like a dandelion and rode off in the night
G D
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel, it's too late anyhow
A
He's too far gone, still ridin' on your tears can't help him now
G A D G
Don't waste your love sweet Magdelene, it'll only slow him down
D A D
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel ridin' out to that sweet town
G D A G D A D
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel ridin' out to that sweet town