Cowboys Are Common As Sin Chords
by Vern Gosdin
Cowboys Are Common As Sin by Vern Gosdin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, E and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: Strum ?D? in waltz time
VERSE ONE
D G D
Just to damn pretty..to be in this bar-room alone
G D
You must be out lookin?... for some-thing she can?t find at home.
A G D
This smoky old tavern...ain?t no place for ladies to be.
A D
You?re just askin? for trouble ...hangin? around cowboys like me.
G D
Ladies are ladies..even when they?re in dis-guise
E A A7
And the look of a lady..shows through you blue velvet eyes
D G D
You don?t wade in deep water...when you don?t even know how to swim,.some
A D
You see Ladies are ladies .and Cowboys are as common as sin
INSTRUMENTAL : PLAY OVER THE LINES BELOW
D G D
You don?t wade in deep water...when you don?t even know how to swim,
A D
You see Ladies are ladies ..us Cowboys are as common as sin.
VERSE TWO
D G D
Guitars and dobros can?t play your fav-or-ite tune
G D
and the music your after ain?t played in some cheep hotel room.
A G D
The places I?d take you...sure ain?t no Holiday Inn
A D
You see Ladies are ladies ..us Cowboys are as common as sin.
CHORUS
G D
Ladies are ladies... even when they?re in dis-guise
E A A7
And the look of a lady..shows through you blue velvet eyes
D G D
You don?t wade in deep water...when you don?t even know how to swim,..some
A D
You see Ladies are ladies ..and Cowboys are as common as sin
TAGG: INSTRUMENTALLY
D G D
You don?t wade in deep water...when you don?t even know how to swim
A D
You see Ladies are ladies ...us Cowboys are as common as sin