The Cowboy And The Poet (Faster Horses) chords by
Bobby Bare
Bobby Bare

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Key: D major
Verse 1
D
D

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He was an old time cowboy
Don't you understand?
His eyes were sharp as razor blades
His face was leather tanned
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G

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His toes were pointed inward
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D

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From a hanging on a horse
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D
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He was an old philosopher of course
Verse 2
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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
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I knew I had to ask him
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About the mysteries of life
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He spat between his boots
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And he replied
Verse 3
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"Faster horses"
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"Younger wo men"
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"Older whiskey"
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"More money"
Verse 4
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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"
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G

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Peace and rain is just a way
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to say prosperity
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And buffalo chips is all that means to me"
Verse 5
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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
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I said I was a writer
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And my soul was all on fire
He looked at me
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D
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And he said, "You are a liar"
Verse 6
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"It's faster horses"
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"Younger women"
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"Older whiskey"
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"More money"
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Verse 7
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Well, I was disillusioned
If I say the least
I grabbed him by the collar
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And I jerked him to his feet
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There was something cold
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And shiny laying by my head
So I started to believe
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The things he's saying
Verse 8
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Well, my poet days are over
And I'm back to being me
As I enjoy the peace
And comfort of reality
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If my boy ever asks me
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What it is that I have learned
I think that
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I will readily affirm
Verse 9
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"Son, it's faster horses"
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"Younger women"
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"Older whiskey"
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"More money"
Verse 10
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"Faster horses"
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"Younger women"
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B

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"Older whiskey"
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"More money"
Verse 11
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"Faster horses"
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A

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"Younger women"
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"Older whiskey"
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"More money"
Verse 12
"Faster horses"

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