Cowboy Logic chords by Michael Martin Murphey

SimplifiedC · D · F · Bb · Db …

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Intro 1

Verse 1
F 
There's a great American hero,
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we all look up to
C 
When the times are hard
and the chips are down
F 
He knows just what to do
Now a cowboy's got a set of
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rules that he lives by day to day
C 
If you ask for his advice,
he'll more than likely say
F 

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Verse 2

If it's a fence,

mend it, if it's a dollar bill, spend it

Be fore if burns a hole down in them jeans

It it's a load, truck it, if it's a punch,

duck it

If she's a lady, treat her like a queen

Verse 3
Bb 
That's cowboy logic,
F 
every cowboy's got it
C 
It's in the way he lives his life
F 
and the songs he sings
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That's cowboy lo  gic,
F 
every cowboy's got it
C 
He's got a simple solution
F 
to just about anything
C 
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Verse 4
D 
G 
If it's a job, do it,
C 
put your back in to it
D 
'Cause a little bit of dirt's gonna
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D 
wash off in the rain
G 
C 
If it's a horse, ride it, if it hurts, hide it
D 
Dust yourself off and get
back on again
G 

Verse 5
C 
That's cowboy logic,
G 
every cowboy's got it
D 
It's in the way he lives his life
G 
and the songs he sings
C 
That's cowboy logic,
G 
every cowboy's got it
D 
He's got a simple solution to
just about anything
G 

Verse 6
C 
An old cowboy and a young buckaroo were workin',
ridin' fence
D 
The old hand was testin' the kid on
G 
his skills and common sense
He said, "Son,
if you seen three men in a pick-up"
C 
"Dressed "Dressed alike from boot to hat?
D 
"Could you tell which one was the real
G 
cowboy just from where he sat?"

Verse 7
G 
The kid scratched his head awhile
C 
and then he said
"Well, there just ain't no way to know"
D 
The old hand grinned and then he said
G 
"Kid, you've still got a ways to go":

Verse 8
G 
"The real cowboy's
the one in the middle"
C 
"He ain't there just by fate"
D 
"'Cause first he don't
have to drive"
"And then he don't have to
mess with the gate"

Verse 9
G 
C 
That's cowboy logic,
G 
every cowboy's got it
D 
It's in the way he lives his life
G 
and the songs he sings
That's cowboy logic,
C 
G 
every cowboy's got it
D 
He's got a simple solution
G 
to just about anything
D 
He's got a simple solution
G 
to just about anything