My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys original guitar chords by 
Willie Nelson 
Key: D major
Intro 1
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D/A
D
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Verse 1
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I grew up a- dreamin' of bein' a cowboy
G
D
D/A
And lovin' the cowboy ways
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D/A
D
D/A
Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes
E7
A
I burned up my childhood days
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D/A
I learned all the rules
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D/A
of a modern-day drifter
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D/A
Don't you hold on to nothin' too long
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G
from the ladies then leave them
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A
D
D/E
With the words of a sad country song
Chorus 1
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heroes
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D/A
have always been cowboys
E7
A
And they still are, it seems
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D
G
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of
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A
D
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams
D/A
D
D/A
Verse 2
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D/A
Cowboys are special
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D/A
with their own brand of misery
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From being alone too long
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D/A
You can die from the cold
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D/A
in the arms of a nightmare
E7
A
Knowin' well that your best days are gone
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D/A
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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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G
and old worn-out memories
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A
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D/E
D/F#
But no one and no place to stay
Chorus 2
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D/A
have always been cowboys
E7
A
And they still are, it seems
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D
G
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of
A
D
D/E
D/F#
and their slow-movin' dreams
G
D
G
Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of
D/A
A
G
D
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams
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