Lyle Lovett - My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys Live Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy
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And lovin' the cowboy ways
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Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes
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I burned up my childhood days
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I learned of all the rules of the modern-day drifter
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Don't you hold on to nothin' too long
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Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them
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With 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]
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Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery
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From being alone too long
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You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare
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Knowin' well that your best days were gone
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Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen
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I let the words of my years fade away
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Old worn-out saddles, and old worn-out memories
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With no one and no place to stay
 
 
[Chorus]
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My heroes have always been cowboys
                    A
And they still are, it seems
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Sadly in search of, but one step in back of
    A                       D           G  D
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams
 
 
[Outro]
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Sadly in search of, but one step in back of
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Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams