The North Dakota Cowboy

Key: C TUNING: E-A-D-G-B-e Intro: Dm F Dm F Dm G C Verse 1: C C/G That North Dakota cowboy I still dream of now and then C C/G When I think back on my younger years and he was all I knew of men Dm F Dm F He'd never put a hand on me though I know he loved me so Dm F But we'd sing all night 'till the sun rolled out G C Like a blanket on the snow. C/G Dm G C C/G C C/G Tee de dee de dee de deedee dee de dee

Verse 2: C C/G C C/G C C/G C His eyes were green as Norway pines, his laughter warm and pure C/G C C/G C C/G C C/G C But he felt a burden in his mind even love could not have cured C/G Dm F Dm F And that North Dakota cowboy, handsome, young, adored Dm F G C Rode off into the prairie sky in his rusty yellow Ford. C/G Dm G C C/G C C/G Tee de dee de dee de deedee dee de dee Verse 3: C C/G You know he didn't ride or wrangle but he had a cowboy's soul C C/G I was not the only one by far whose tender heart he stole Dm F Dm F Gallant as a soldier from some ancient book of lore Dm F G C C/G Every year I'm getting older and he just stays twenty-four [Instrumental] C C/G C C/G C C/G C C C/G Dm F Dm F Dm G C C C/G Verse 4: C C/G When the ice breaks up in Springtime and the little calves are born C C/G Peeking through the thawed out ground are little blades of new green corn Dm F Dm F Gram Parsons on the AM dial, smoking with the windows down Dm F G C Still look for him in Fargo every time I'm back in town. C/G Dm G C Tee de dee de dee de deedee dee de dee C/G Dm G C Tee de dee de dee de deedee dee de dee