My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: FCapotraste:
3rd traste
MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN COWBOYS (LIVE)
As recorded by Lyle Lovett
(From the 2023 Album LONG STORY SHORT: WILLIE NELSON 90 - LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL)
Capo 3rd fret
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D G
I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy
D
And lovin' the cowboy ways
E7
Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes
A
I burned up my childhood days
D
I learned of all the rules of the modern-day drifter
G D
Don't you hold on to nothin' too long
G D G
Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them
D A D
With the words of a sad country song
[Chorus]
G D E7
My heroes have always been cowboys
A
And they still are, it seems
G D G
Sadly in search of, but one step in back of
A D G
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams
[Verse 2]
D G
Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery
D
From being alone too long
D
You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare
E7 A D
Knowin' well that your best days were gone
D
Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen
G D
I let the words of my years fade away
G D G
Old worn-out saddles, and old worn-out memories
A D
With no one and no place to stay
[Chorus]
G D E7
My heroes have always been cowboys
A
And they still are, it seems
G D G
Sadly in search of, but one step in back of
A D G D
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams
[Outro]
G D G
Sadly in search of, but one step in back of
D A G D
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams
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