Let There Be Cowgirls chords by Chris Cagle (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

C#5
Eadd9
Bsus2
F#
B
B5
G#
Badd9
E5
F#5

Intro 1
C#5 
Eadd9 
Bsus2 
F# 
 (C sharp5)  (Eadd9)  (Bsus2)  (F sharp major) 
C#5 
Eadd9 
Bsus2 
F# 
 (C sharp5)  (Eadd9)  (Bsus2)  (F sharp major) 
C#5 
Eadd9 
Bsus2 
F# 
 (C sharp5)  (Eadd9)  (Bsus2)  (F sharp major) 
C#5 
Eadd9 
Bsus2 
F# 
 (C sharp5)  (Eadd9)  (Bsus2)  (F sharp major) 
C#5 
Eadd9 
Bsus2 
F# 
 (C sharp5)  (Eadd9)  (Bsus2)  (F sharp major) 
C#5 
Eadd9 
Bsus2 
F# 
 (C sharp5)  (Eadd9)  (Bsus2)  (F sharp major) 

Verse 1
C#5 
Eadd9 
B 
 (C sharp5) On that  (Eadd9) very     first day, the Lord  (B major) sat down
F# 
C#5 
And saw  (F sharp major) fit to say “let there be  (C sharp5) light!”
Eadd9 
B 
F# 
 (Eadd9) So He can tell the day  (B major) time from the night  (F sharp major) 
C#5 
Eadd9 
 (C sharp5) And then He  (Eadd9) spoke    again
B 
F# 
We felt  (B major) the wind come  (F sharp major) rolling in
C#5 
Smelt the  (C sharp5) rain
Eadd9 
B 
F# 
 (Eadd9) It soaked everything  (B major)  (F sharp major) 

Pre-chorus 1

Then the mountains rose up

Across the great planes

And all the angels up in Heaven started

singing “all it’s missing is a pretty thing”

Chorus 1
C#5 
Eadd9 
Let there be  (C sharp5) cowgirls for every  (Eadd9) cowboy
Badd9 
F# 
C#5 
Make them  (Badd9) strong   as any man,  (F sharp major) Lordy  (C sharp5) 
Eadd9 
Something you can’t  (Eadd9) tame,
Badd9 
she's a mustang  (Badd9) 
F# 
The heart beat of the heartland  (F sharp major) 
C#5 
She’s got a  (C sharp5) drawl yall, yeah
Eadd9 
Badd9 
F# 
 (Eadd9) She’s    the salt of the earth  (Badd9) and rocks my world  (F sharp major) 
E5 
F#5 
E5 
F#5 
 (E5)  (F sharp5)  (E5)  (F sharp5) 
C#5 
Eadd9 
Let there be  (C sharp5) cowgirls  (Eadd9) 
Badd9 
F# 
come on  (Badd9)  (F sharp major) 

Interlude 1

Verse 2
C#5 
Eadd9 
 (C sharp5) He    met me back  (Eadd9) in       ’68
B 
F# 
The first  (B major) time I met her I  (F sharp major) was nearly eight
C#5 
And she was  (C sharp5) ten
Eadd9 
B 
F# 
 (Eadd9) Her name was little Kay  (B major) Lynn  (F sharp major) 
C#5 
She was  (C sharp5) born  to a farmer
Eadd9 
who  (Eadd9) was      friends with my father
B 
I was  (B major) in love with a
F# 
sharecropper's  (F sharp major) only daughter
C#5 
Eadd9 
 (C sharp5) Thought I was in  (Eadd9) 
B 
F# 
it made me think again  (B major)  (F sharp major) 

Pre-chorus 2

But when I turned 16

I thought it couldn’t get worse

I saw her riding on a horse

and fell in love so bad it hurt

Chorus 2
C#5 
Eadd9 
Let there be  (C sharp5) cowgirls for every  (Eadd9) cowboy
Badd9 
F# 
C#5 
Make them  (Badd9) strong   as any man,  (F sharp major) Lordy  (C sharp5) 
Eadd9 
Something you can’t  (Eadd9) tame,
Badd9 
she's a mustang  (Badd9) 
F# 
The heart beat of the heartland  (F sharp major) 
C#5 
She’s got a  (C sharp5) drawl yall, yeah
Eadd9 
Badd9 
F# 
 (Eadd9) She’s    the salt of the earth  (Badd9) and rocks my world  (F sharp major) 
E5 
F#5 
E5 
F#5 
 (E5)  (F sharp5)  (E5)  (F sharp5) 
C#5 
Eadd9 
Let there be  (C sharp5) cowgirls  (Eadd9) 
Badd9 
F# 
 (Badd9)  (F sharp major) Ooh, come on

Solo 1

Interlude 2

Let there be cowgirls

Chorus 3
C#5 
Eadd9 
Let there be  (C sharp5) cowgirls for every  (Eadd9) cowboy
Badd9 
F# 
C#5 
Make them  (Badd9) strong   as any man,  (F sharp major) Lordy  (C sharp5) 
Eadd9 
Something you can’t  (Eadd9) tame,
Badd9 
she's a mustang  (Badd9) 
F# 
The heart beat of the heartland  (F sharp major) 
C#5 
She’s got a  (C sharp5) drawl yall, yeah
Eadd9 
Badd9 
F# 
 (Eadd9) She’s    the salt of the earth  (Badd9) and rocks my world  (F sharp major) 
E5 
F#5 
E5 
F#5 
 (E5)  (F sharp5)  (E5)  (F sharp5) Huh
E5 
F#5 
E5 
F#5 
 (E5)  (F sharp5)  (E5)  (F sharp5) 
C#5 
Eadd9 
Badd9 
F# 
Let there be  (C sharp5) cowgirls  (Eadd9)  (Badd9)  (F sharp major) 
C#5 
Eadd9 
Let there be  (C sharp5) cowgirls  (Eadd9) 
Badd9 
F# 
come on  (Badd9)  (F sharp major) 

Outro 1
C#5 
Eadd9 
Bsus2 
F# 
 (C sharp5)  (Eadd9)  (Bsus2)  (F sharp major) 
C#5 
Eadd9 
Bsus2 
F# 
 (C sharp5)  (Eadd9)  (Bsus2)  (F sharp major) 
E5 
F#5 
E5 
F#5 
 (E5)  (F sharp5)  (E5)  (F sharp5) 
E5 
F#5 
E5 
F#5 
 (E5)  (F sharp5)  (E5)  (F sharp5) 
E5 
C#5 
 (E5)  (C sharp5) 

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GuitarPianoUkulele

C#5
Eadd9
Bsus2
F#
B
B5
G#
Badd9
E5
F#5

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: AdvancedKey: C# minorBPM: 81

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C#5: x-4-6-x-x-x
Eadd9: 0-2-2-1-0-2
Bsus2: x-2-4-4-2-2
F#: 2-4-4-3-2-2
B: x-2-4-4-4-x
B5: x-2-4-x-x-x
G#: 4-6-6-5-4-4
Badd9: x-2-1-x-2-2
E5: 0-2-x-x-x-x
F#5: 2-4-x-x-x-x

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This is the definitive original version of Let There Be Cowgirls by Chris Cagle, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of C# minor. It is designed for experienced players looking to reproduce the full sonic intent and artistic expression of Chris Cagle.