Key: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Bm
A
Merry- go- rounds and burial grounds
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Em
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Are all the same to me.
A
G
Horses on post and kids and ghosts
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G
D
Are spirits that we ought to set free.
Then city slicker pickers got a lot of
A
G
But ridin' the range and acting strange
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G
D
Is where I want to be.
Verse 2
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Em
And I just wanna be a cos
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Em
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mic cowboy
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G
A
I just wanna ride and rope
Well I just wanna be a cos
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D
G
mic cowboy
G
A
country rockin' galoot
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Verse 3
Well skinny dippin' and lone
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G
And are just as good as hollywood
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G
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and some boogie- woogie bars.
I'm gonna buy me a vest
and a head out west
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G
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And marvel at the little baby's health.
Verse 4
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Em
And I just wanna be a cos
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Em
G
mic cowboy
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G
A
I just wanna ride and rope
Well I just wanna be a cosmic
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Em
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cowboy
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G
A
I said a supernatural country rockin' galoot.
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Interlude 1
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D
A
Bm
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G
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Em
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A
G
D
Verse 5
G
D
a harvest moon
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G
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Is sometimes hard to find.
Bm
A
So don't bury me on the lone prairie.
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Em
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I'd rather play there alive.
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G
D
My little bronco in over- drive.
Verse 6
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G
And I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
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G
A
I just wanna ride and rope
Well I just wanna be a cos
Em
G
Em
mic cowboy
G
A
Talkin' 'bout a supernatural
G
A
D
country rockin' galoot.
Verse 7
D
G
And I just wanna be a cosmic cowboy
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G
A
D
A
D
Bm
A
G
I just wanna ride and rope
Em
G
A
G
A
D
and hoot
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G
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D
Well I just wanna be
Em
G
A
Talkin' 'bout a supernatural
G
A
country rockin' galoot
Outro 1
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