The Cowboy And The Poet (Faster Horses) chords by 
Bobby Bare 
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
He was an old time cowboy
Don't you understand?
His eyes were sharp as razor blades
His face was leather tanned
G
His toes were pointed inward
D
From a hanging on a horse
A
D
He was an old philo sopher of course
Verse 2
D
He was so thin I swear
You could have used him for a whip
He had to drink a beer
To keep his breeches on his hips
G
I knew I had to ask him
D
About the mysteries of life
A
He spat between his boots
D
And he replied
Verse 3
D
"Faster horses"
G
"Younger wo men"
A
"Older whiskey"
D
"More money"
Verse 4
D
He smiled and all his teeth were
covered with tobacco stains
He said, "It don't do men no good
to pray for peace and rain"
G
Peace and rain is just a way
D
to say prosperity
A
D
And buffalo chips is all that means to me"
Verse 5
D
So, I told him I was a poet
I was looking for the truth
I do not care for horses
Whiskey, women or the loot
G
I said I was a writer
D
And my soul was all on fire
He looked at me
A
D
And he said, "You are a li ar"
Verse 6
D
"It's faster horses"
G
"Younger women"
A
"Older whiskey"
D
"More money"
E
Verse 7
Em
E
Well, I was disillusioned
If I say the least
I grabbed him by the collar
Bm
And I jerked him to his feet
A
There was something cold
B
E
And shiny laying by my head
So I started to be lieve
B
E
The things he's saying
Verse 8
E
Well, my poet days are over
And I'm back to being me
As I enjoy the peace
And comfort of reality
A
If my boy ever asks me
E
What it is that I have learned
I think that
B
E
I will readily af firm
Verse 9
E
"Son, it's faster horses"
A
"Younger women"
B
"Older whiskey"
E
"More money"
Verse 10
E
"Faster horses"
A
"Younger women"
B
"Older whiskey"
E
"More money"
Verse 11
E
"Faster horses"
A
"Younger women"
B
"Older whiskey"
E
"More money"
Verse 12
"Faster horses"
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