The Dying Cowboy chords by Ed McCurdy
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Verse 1
(E minor) (B major) (A minor) (E minor) It was
early one (A minor) mornin'
I passed (B major) St. James (E minor) Hospital
It was early one (A minor) mornin',
mornin' month of (E minor) May
I (A minor) looked in the window
and I spot a dear cowboy
(B major) (E minor) Wrapped up in (A minor) white linen,
(E minor) well he (B major) was cold as a (E minor) clay (B major) (E minor)
Come, (B major) dear mother,
come and (A minor) seat yourself nigh (E minor) me
Come, (A minor) dear father,
come and sing me one song
(E minor) For my new bones (A minor) are achin'
and my (E minor) poor (A minor) heart breaking.
(E minor) I know (A minor) I'm a poor cowboy
and I know I done (E minor) wrong. (A minor)
(E minor) I want sixteen young (A minor) gamblers
papa to carry my (E minor) coffin.
(A minor) I want sixteen young ho gal
for to sing (E minor) me my
Tell (A minor) them, along a bunch
of those (E minor) sweet -smellin' roses
So (A minor) they can (B major) 't smell me
as they drive me (E minor) on
Twas once in (A minor) a saddle,
Papa used to go dash (E minor) ing
Father, in (B major) my (A minor) young days
when I used to (E minor) be gay
Down (A minor) round that old church house (E minor)
(A minor) with them handsome young (E minor) ladies
Them (A minor) girls ought to carry (E minor) me,
(A minor) follow me to my (E minor) grave
It was early one (A minor) mornin'
I passed St. James Hospit (E minor) al
Lord, it was early one (A minor) mornin',
mornin' (B major) month of May
I (E minor) looked in (A minor) the window
and I (E minor) spied a dear cowboy
Honey (A minor) was wrapped in white lin (E minor) en
He was colder than coal
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