Cowboy chords by Allison Ponthier

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
Bb majorBb               DmDm
It took New York to make me a cowboy
   Bb majorBb
Now everybody knows
    DmDm
Even if I change my clothes

Bb majorBb               DmDm
Familiar, but strange, like an android
   Bb majorBb
From every gapin' hole
    DmDm           AbAb
A augmentedA new garden fully grows from me

Chorus:
AbAb
Wasn't ready, I wasn't ready
     Gm7Gm7       F minorFm
I had a foot in my mouth, oh
AbAb
  Saw the cutters through barbed wire
              Gm7Gm7   F minorFm
I didn't know I could come out

Verse 2:

Bb majorBb              DmDm
Undoin' the weavin' of the old roots
   Bb majorBb
My greatest enemy
     DmDm
Took up residence in me
Bb majorBb               DmDm
I feel like a criminal with no history
Bb majorBb
Runnin' from the law
     DmDm           AbAb
Though I really loved them alll-lll

Chorus:
AbAb
Wasn't ready, I wasn't ready
          Gm7Gm7     F minorFm
I had a foot in my mouth,   oh
AbAb
  Saw the cutters through barbed wire
              Gm7Gm7   F minorFm
I didn't know I could come out  Oooh
AbAb       AbAb maj7
I wasn't ready,   I wasn't ready
          Gm7Gm7    Fm7Fm7
I had a foot in my mouth, oh no
AbAb
  I know her everything by memory
      Gm7Gm7      F minorFm
I'm just a girl from the south

Bb majorBb DmDm AbAb C minorCm

Bridge:
Bb majorBb        DmDm
 Born from the beige
    AbAb maj7        C minorCm
These feelings made me feel strange
Bb majorBb       DmDm
   A augmentedA neon sign
     AbAb maj7     Cm7Cm7
Not the only one of my kind

Verse 1:
Bb majorBb               DmDm
It took New York to make me a cowboy
   Bb majorBb
Now everybody knows
   DmDm
Even if I change my clothes
Bb majorBb                DmDm
Familiar, but strange, like an android
Bb majorBb
From every gapin' hole
     DmDm     BbmBbm  Bb majorBb
A augmentedA new garden fully grows

Outro:
Born from the beige
These feelings made me feel strange
A augmentedA neon sign
Not the only one of my kind
This is how I felt in the Bible Belt
Wanna be that girl for someone else