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I'D RATHER BE A COWBOY
[D] - [G] - [D] x2
[D] Jesse went away last summer, a [G] couple of months [D] ago
After all our time together, it was [G] hard to see her [D] go
She called me right up when she arrived, asked me [G] one more time to [D] come
Livin' on an L.A. freeway, ain't my [G] kind of havin' [D] fun
[Chorus Chorus 1 ]
[G] I think I'd rather be a [D] cowboy
[G] I think I'd rather ride the [D] range
[G] I think I'd rather be a [D] cowboy
Than to [A] lay me down in [Asus] love and lady's [D] chains
[D] - [G] - [D] x2
[D] When we were just beginning, it was [G] such and easy [D] way
Layin' back up in the mountains, singin' [G] songs for sunny [D]days
But she got tired of pickin' daisies and [G] cookin' my meals for [D]me
She can live the life she wants to, yes, and [G] it's all right with [D] me
[* chorus 1]
[A] I'd rather [Asus] live on the [G] side of a [D] mountain
Than [A] wander through [Asus] canyons of [G] concrete and [D] steel
[A] I'd rather [Asus] laugh with the [G] rain and sun [D] shine
And [C] lay down my [G] sundown in [E7] some starry [A] field [Asus] [A] [Asus]
[D] Oh, but I miss her in the mornin', [G] when I awake [D] alone
And the absence of her laughter is a [G] cold and empty [D] sound
But her memory always makes me smile [G] and I want you to [D] know
I love her, yes I love her [G] just enough to let her [D] go
[* chorus 1 x2]