My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys chords by
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson

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Key: D major•

Verse 1

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I grew up a- dreamin'

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of bein' a cowboy

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And lovin' the cowboy ways

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Pursuin' the life of my high ridin' heroes

I burned up my childhood days

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Verse 2

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I learned all the rules of a modern day drifter

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Don't you hold on to nothin' too long

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Just take what you need from the ladies,

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then leave them

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With the words of a sad country song

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Verse 3

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My heroes have always been

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cowboys

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And they still are, it seems

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Sadly, in search of and

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one step in back of

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Themselves and their slow

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movin' dreams

Verse 4

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Cowboys are special with

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their own brand of misery

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From being alone too long

You could die from the cold,

in the arms of a nightmare

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Knowin' well that your best

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days are gone

Verse 5

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Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen

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I let the words of my youth fade away

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Old worn out saddles and

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old worn out memories

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But no one and no place to stay

Verse 6

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My heroes have always

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been cowboys

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And they still are, it seems

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Sadly, in search of an d one

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step in back of

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Themselves and their slow

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movin' dreams

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Sadly, in search of and one

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step in back of

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Themselves and their

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slow movin' dreams

Outro 1

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