Should've Been A Cowboy original guitar chords by
Toby Keith 
Key: G major•
Intro 1
G
G/F#
Em7
G/F#
G
G/F#
Em7
G/F#
G
Dadd4
Cadd9
Dadd4
G
Dadd4
Cadd9
Dadd4
Verse 1
G
D
I bet you've never heard
C
D
G
ol' Marshal Dillon say
D
C
Miss Kitty, have you ever
D
G
thought of runnin' a way?
D
C
D
Settlin' down, would you marry me
G
D
C
If I asked you twice
D
and begged you, pretty please?
G
D
C
She'd have said, "Yes",
D
G
in a New York minute
D
C
They never tied the knot,
D
G
his heart wasn't in it
D
C
D
He just stole a kiss as he rode away
G
D
Cadd9
He nev er hung his hat up
at Kitty's place
Chorus 1
G
D
I should've been a cowboy
C
D
I should've learned
G
D
C
D
to rope and ride
G
D
C
D
Wearin' my six-shooter, ridin' my pony
G
D
C
on a cattle drive
D
G
D
C
D
Stealin' the young girls' hearts
G
D
C
Just like Gene and Roy
D
G
D
Singin' those campfire songs
C
D
G
Woah, I should've been a cowboy
D
C
Verse 2
G
D
I might of had a side kick
C
D
with a funny name
G
D
Runnin' wild through the hills
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D
chas in' Jesse James
G
D
C
D
Ending up on the brink of danger
G
D
C
D
Ridin' shot gun for the Texas Rangers
G
D
Go west young man,
C
D
haven't you been told?
G
D
C
D
Cali fornia's full of whiskey, women and gold
G
D
Sleepin' out all night
C
D
beneath the desert stars
G
D
With a dream in my eye
Cadd9
and a prayer in my heart
Chorus 2
G
D
I should've been a cowboy
C
D
I should've learned
G
D
C
D
to rope and ride
G
D
C
D
Wearin' my six-shooter, ridin' my pony
G
D
C
on a cattle drive
D
G
D
C
D
Stealin' the young girls' hearts
G
D
C
Just like Gene and Roy
D
G
D
Singin' those campfire songs
C
D
G
D
C
Woah, I should've been a cowboy
Solo 1
G
D
C
D
G
D
C
D
G
D
C
D
G
D
Cadd9
Cadd9
Cadd9
Chorus 3
G
D
I should've been a cowboy
C
D
I should've learned
G
D
C
D
to rope and ride
G
D
C
D
I'd be wearin' my six-shooter, ridin' my pony
G
D
C
on a cattle drive
D
G
D
C
D
Stealin' the young girls' hearts
G
D
C
Just like Gene and Roy
D
G
D
Singin' those campfire songs
C
D
G
D
Woah, I should've been a cowboy
C
D
Yeah, I should've been a
Outro 1
G
D
C
D
(cow boy) I should've been
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D
C
D
a cowboy
G
D
C
D
G
D
C
D
[Repeat and fade]
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG G/F# Em7 Dadd4 Cadd9...
G
G/F#
Em7
Dadd4
Cadd9
D
C
Capo: No capo
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