The Cowboy chords by Ed McCurdy

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Verse 1
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 (C major) All day  (F major)  (G major)  (C major) 
on the
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prairie in the  (F major) saddle I ride
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 (C major) Not even a dog hoist to trot  (G major) by my side
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My fire  (C major) I must kindle
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with chips gathered  (A minor) round
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An (C major) d  boil  (G major) my own coffee
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without  (C major) being ground
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I wash in the pool and I sleep  (F major) on a sack,
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I carry  (G major) my wardrobe on my
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back.  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major) 
For want of an oven
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I cook bread  (F major) in a pot,
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 (C major) And sleep on the ground for want  (G major) of a cot.
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My ceil (C major) ing is the sky,
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my floor  (A minor) is the grass,
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My mu (G major) sic is the lowing of
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herds  (C major) as they pass.
My books are the brooks,
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my ser (F major) mons the stones,
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My par (G major) son is a wolf
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on his pulpit of  (C major) bones.  (F major)  (G major)  (C major) 
And then if my cooking's
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not very  (F major) complete
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You  (C major) can't blame me for wanting  (G major) to eat
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But show  (C major) me a man
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who sleep (A minor) s   more profound
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Than the  (G major) big puncher boy
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who sleeps on  (C major) the ground
My books teach me ever
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-consist (F major) ent surprise
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My ser (G major) mons, that small things
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I should not des (C major) pise.  (F major)  (G major)  (F major)  (C major) 
My parson remarks from
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his pul (F major) pit of thrones,
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 (C major) That fortune favors those who
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look out  (G major) for their own.
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Between me  (C major) and love
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lies a gulf  (A minor) very wide,
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Some  (G major) lucky fellow may call  (C major) her his bride.
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My friends gently hint I am coming  (F major) to grief,
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But men  (G major) must make money,
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and women have beef.  (C major)  (F major)  (G major)  (C major) 
But why, it is I can ne 'er
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 (F major) understand,  (C major) 
For each of the patriarchs
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owned  (G major) a big brand.
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Abraham  (C major) emigrated in  (A minor) search of a range
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When wa (G major) ter was scarce,
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he wanted  (C major) a change
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Old Isaac owned cattle in charge  (F major) of Esau
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And Jacob  (G major) punched cows
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for his father -in  (C major) -law