Pickup Cowboy chords by Jonathan Byrd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D


Verse 1:
              D
He's a pickup cowboy crying up I-35.
                    G
He went and got his heart broke down in South Padre Island.
                    A           A7              F#
Now he's driving to Sioux Falls   with two bald tires.
              D
He's a pickup cowboy.

Verse 2:
             D
He's a lowly roller. He don't need much money,
          G
living on buffalo jerky and tupelo honey,
            A         A7                F#
fishing for breakfast   in the muddy Missouri.
              D
He's a pickup cowboy.


Bridge:
     Em       G                D
Good dogs get better 'til they die.
          A7
'Til they die.


Instrumental:
D    G    A   A7 F# D


Verse 3:
               D
He's an Indian summer back in South Dakota.
                G
Sleeping in his tipi, living like a Lakota
           A                      A7        F#
with his long blonde hair and his long blue yodel,
              D
He's a pickup cowboy


Outro:
      D
Yodel-odel-ay-ay
     A7   D
Odel-ay-ee