tab transcribed by Collins Crapo
Time: 3/4
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I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy
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Lovin' the cowboy ways
Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes
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I burned up my childhood days
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I learned all the rules of the modern-day drifter
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Don't you hold onto nothin' too long
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Just take what you need from the ladies
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Then leave them the words of a sad country song
CHORUS:
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My heroes have always been cowboys
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And they still are, it seems
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Sadly in search of, but one step in back of
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Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams
Verse 2:
Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery
From bein' alone too long
You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare
Knowin' well your best days are gone
Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen
I let the words of my years fade away
Old worn-out saddles, old worn-out memories
With no one and no place to stay
(chorus)
