Willie Nelson — My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
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#Subject: My Heros have always been cowboys - Willie Nelson
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#My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
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#performed by Willie Nelson
#A true classic
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VERSE 1
D
I grew up dreaming of being a cowboy
GD
And loving the cowboy ways.
D
Pursuing the life of my high riding heroes
E7A7
I burned up my childhood days.
D
I learned all the rules of a modern day drifter
GD
Don't you hold on to nothing too long
GDG
Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them
DA7D
With the words of a sad country song.
CHORUS
GD
My heroes have always been cowboys
E7A7
And they still are it seems
GDG
Sadly in search of and one step in back of
DA7D
Themselves and their slow moving dreams.
VERSE 2
D
Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery
GD
From being alone too long.
D
You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare
E7A7
Knowing well that your best days are gone
D
Picking up hookers instead of my pen
GD
I let the words of my youth fade away.
GDG
Old worn out saddles and old worm out memories
DA7D
With no one and no place to stay.
CHORUS
GD
My heroes have always been cowboys
E7A7
And they still are it seems
GDG
Sadly in search of and one step in back of
DA7D
Themselves and their slow moving dreams.
OTTRO
GDG
Sadly in search of and one step in back of
DA7D
Themselves and their slow moving dreams.
This song is in 3/4 time. It sounds best if you hit the bass note of the
chord on the first beat of each measure. You might want to put in some bass
runs like A-B-C#-D between A and D chords where it sounds right.
If you want to talk country guitar with me, or if my notation makes no
sense
feel free to e-mail me.
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Greg Vaughn Graduate Student
Pulsed Power Group Insulator Lab
Department of Physics Texas Tech University
ribtm@ttacs.ttu.edu