A Cowboy's Song Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays491

A Cowboy's Song by Sara Storer is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, G/B, F/A, A, B and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro 
 
C 	 F 	 G 
C 	 F  	 G 	 F  	 C 
 
 
 
C 	   F 	 G 	    C 
Once long ago a cowboy you were 
     C 	       G/B       F/A (ascending bass - G A B) 
With fire and courage inside 
       C 	   F 	         G 	      C 	  
You'd sing a loud yodel on your mustering journey 
       C 	   G/B 	     F   G  (asc. Bass - G A B) 
With a gun and a swag at your side. 
 
 
Chorus 
 
    C 	  	  F 	     G 
So sit there and smile old man 
     C 	  	 F 	     G 
And rattle and tell me your day 
 	  C 	     F 
You've slept in too long  
 	    C 	        G 
Cause your rum was too strong 
F 	  C 	      G 	  
Did you have a good Sunday 
      F 	      G 	           Am 
Or are they all just the same 
     C 	       G 	  	     C 
Life now only leaves you to blame 
 
 
 
For you'd ride and you'd settle under stars full of envy 
For they wish they could fall in your swaggy below 
But then they stare up and wonder why 
They fell underneath the sky 
Just like you, a forgotten cowboy. 
 
 
Chorus 
 
    C 	  	  F 	     G 
So sit there and smile old man 
     C 	  	 F 	     G 
And rattle and tell me your day 
 	  C 	     F 
You've slept in too long  
 	    C 	        G 
Cause your rum was too strong 
F 	  C 	      G 	  
Did you have a good Sunday 
      F 	      G 	           Am 
Or are they all just the same 
     C 	       G 	  	     C 
Life now only leaves you to blame 
 
 
Chorus 
 
    C 	  	  F 	     G 
So sit there and smile old man 
     C 	  	 F 	     G 
And rattle and tell me your day 
 	  C 	     F 
You've slept in too long  
 	    C 	        G 
Cause your rum was too strong 
F 	  C 	      G 	  
Did you have a good Sunday 
      F 	      G 	           Am 
Or are they all just the same 
     C 	       G 	  	     C 
Life now only leaves you to blame 
 
 
F 	  C 	      G 	  
Did you have a good Sunday 
      F 	      G 	           Am 
Or are they all just the same 
     C 	       G 	  	     C 
Life now only leaves you to blame  

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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100 BPM Andante