Denver John - Id Rather Be A Cowboy Tabs

transcribed: Ken Reynolds

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I^Òd Rather Be A Cowboy
(Ladies Chains)  John Denver      (klr)

[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^Ò on an L.A. freeway, ain^Òt my [G] kind of havin^Ò [D] fun

[G] I think I^Òd rather be a [D] cowboy
[G] I think I^Òd rather ride the [D] range
[G] I think I^Òd rather be a [D] cowboy
Than to [A] lay me down in [Asus] love and lady^Òs [D] chains

[D] - [G] - [D] x2
[D] When we were just beginning, it was [G] such and easy [D] way
Layin^Ò back up in the mountains, singin^Ò [G] songs for sunny [D] 
days
But she got tired of pickin^Ò daisies and [G] cookin^Ò my meals for [D] 
me
She can live the life she wants to, yes, and [G] it^Òs all right with 
[D] me

[G] I think I^Òd rather be a [D] cowboy
[G] I think I^Òd rather ride the [D] range
[G] I think I^Òd rather be a [D] cowboy
Than to [A] lay me down in [Asus] love and lady^Òs [D] chains
[A] I^Òd 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^Òd 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^Ò, [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

[G] I think I^Òd rather be a [D] cowboy
[G] I think I^Òd rather ride the [D] range
[G] I think I^Òd rather be a [D] cowboy
Than to [A] lay me down in [Asus] love and lady^Òs [D] chains

[G] I think I^Òd rather be a [D] cowboy
[G] I think I^Òd rather ride the [D] range
[G] I think I^Òd rather be a [D] cowboy
Than to [A] lay me down in [Asus] love and lady^Òs [D] chains

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