My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys chords by Willie Nelson (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(D major) (D/A) (D major) (D/A)
Verse 1
I (D major) grew up a- dreamin' (D/A) (D major) of bein' a cowboy (D/A)
(G major) And lovin' the cowboy ways (D major) (D/A)
(D major) Pursuin' the life (D/A) of my high-ridin' (D major) heroes (D/A)
(E7) I burned up my childhood (A major) days
(D major) I learned all the (D/A) rules
of a (D major) modern-day drif (D/A) ter
(G major) Don't you hold on to nothin' too (D major) long (D/A)
(G major) Just take what you need
from the (D major) ladies then leave (G major) them
With the words (D major) of a (A major) sad country (D major) song (D/E)
(D/F#) My
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Chorus 1
(G major) heroes
have always been cowboys (D major) (D/A)
(E7) And they still are, it (A major) seems
(G major) Sadly, in search of, but (D major) one step in back (G major) of
Them (D/A) selves and their (A major) slow-movin' (D major) dreams
(D/A) (D major) (D/A)
Verse 2
(D major) Cowboys are spe (D/A) cial
(D major) with their own brand (D/A) of misery
(G major) From being alone too (D major) long (D/A)
(D major) You can die from the cold (D/A)
(D major) in the arms of a nightmare (D/A)
Knowin' (E7) well that your best days (A major) are gone
(D major) Pickin' up hookers (D/A) in (D major) stead of my pen (D/A)
I let the (G major) words of my youth fade a (D major) way (D/A)
(G major) Old worn-out saddles
and (D major) old worn-out memories (G major)
But (D major) no one and (A major) no place to (D major) stay (D/E) (D/F#)
Chorus 2
(G major) My heroes
have always been cowboys (D major) (D/A)
(E7) And they still are, it seems (A major)
(G major) Sadly, in search of, but (D major) one step in back (G major) of
Them (D/A) selves
and their (A major) slow-movin' (D major) dreams (D/E) (D/F#)
(G major) Sadly, in search of, but (D major) one step in back (G major) of
Them (D/A) selves and their (A major) slow-movin' (G major) dreams (D major)
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Willie Nelson
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