I'd Rather Be A Cowboy (Lady's Chains) original guitar chords by
John Denver

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Key: D major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Jessie went away last summer
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a couple of months ago
After all our time together
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it was hard  to see her go
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She called me right up when she arrived
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asked me one   more time to come
Living on a L.A. freeway
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ain't my kind  of having fun

Chorus 1

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I think I'd rather be a cowboy

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I think I'd rather ride the range

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I think I'd rather be a cowboy

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Asus4

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Than to lay me down in love and lady's chains

Interlude 1

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Verse 2
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When we were just beginning
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it was such  an easy way
Layin' back up in the mountains
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making songs for sunny days
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But she got tired of pickin' daisies
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and cooking my meals for me
She can live the life she wants to, yes,
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and it's  all right with me

Chorus 2

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I think I'd rather be a cowboy

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I think I'd rather ride the range

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I think I'd rather be a cowboy

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A

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Asus4

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Than to lay me down in love and lady's chains

Bridge 1
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I'd rather live on the side of the mountains
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Than wander though canyons
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of concrete and steel
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I'd rather laugh
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with the rain and the sunshine
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And lay down  my sundown
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in some starry field

Verse 3
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Oh, but I miss her in the mornin'
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when I     awake alone
And the absence of her laughter
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is a cold  and empty sound
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But her memory always makes me smile
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and I     want you to know
I love her, yes, I love her
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just enough to let her go

Chorus 3
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I think I'd rather be a cowboy
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I think I'd rather ride the range
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I think I'd rather be a cowboy
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Than to lay me down
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in       love and lady's chains

Chorus 4

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I think I'd rather be a cowboy

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I think I'd rather ride the range

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I think I'd rather be a cowboy

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Asus4

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Than to lay me down in love and lady's chains

Outro 1

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E7
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