A Cowboy's Hard Times chords by
Bill Staines

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Key: D major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well, I once was a cowboy,
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and I used to run wild.
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And I  rodeoed, wrangled,
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and rambled in style.
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But I'm too old for horses,
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too old for the show,
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And I'm too young for
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D D 
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Heaven; now where shall I go?

Verse 2

Where shall I go? Where shall I go?

I'm too young for Heaven; now

where shall I go?

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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I had me a true love,
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and I made her my wife,
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And I swear that I loved
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her most all of my life,
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But the cold of the winter and
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the wind laid her low,
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And she's gone on before me,
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D D 
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now where shall I go?

Verse 4

Where shall I go? Where shall I go?

She's gone on before me; now where

Interlude 2

shall I go?

Verse 5
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Well, I never was a drunkard,
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but this I can say:
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D D 
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The taste of the whiskey gets
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better each day.
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The bartender scowls, "Mack,
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you're drinking too slow,
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And we close in ten minutes."
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Now where shall I go?

Verse 6
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Where shall I go? Where shall I go?
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They close in ten minutes; now
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A A 
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where shall I go?
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F#m F#m 2
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So it's out on the street with
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the stars burning bright,
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With nothing but memories to
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share with the night.

Interlude 3

Verse 7
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Oh, I once was a cowboy,
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and I used to run wild.
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And I rodeoed, wrangled,
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and rambled in style.
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Now I'm too old for horses,
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too old for the show,
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And I'm too young for Heaven; now
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where shall I go?

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