Pickup Cowboy chords by Jonathan Byrd

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
D MajorD


Verse 1:
       D MajorD
He's a pickup cowboy crying up I-35.
          G+G
He went and got his heart broke down in South Padre Island.
          A augmentedA      A7A7       F#F#
Now he's driving to Sioux Falls  with two bald tires.
       D MajorD
He's a pickup cowboy.

Verse 2:
       D MajorD
He's a lowly roller. He don't need much money,
     G+G
living on buffalo jerky and tupelo honey,
      A augmentedA     A7A7        F#F#
fishing for breakfast  in the muddy Missouri.
       D MajorD
He's a pickup cowboy.


Bridge:
   E minorEm    G+G        D MajorD
Good dogs get better 'til they die.
     A7A7
'Til they die.


Instrumental:
D MajorD  G+G  A augmentedA  A7A7 F#F# D MajorD


Verse 3:
        D MajorD
He's an Indian summer back in South Dakota.
        G+G
Sleeping in his tipi, living like a Lakota
      A augmentedA           A7A7    F#F#
with his long blonde hair and his long blue yodel,
       D MajorD
He's a pickup cowboy


Outro:
   D MajorD
Yodel-odel-ay-ay
   A7A7  D MajorD
Odel-ay-ee