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♫ Intro:
C F C F C G C
♫ Verse 1:
C G
Pack up your old guitar, cowboy
F C
Roll up your old sleeping bag
F C Am
It’s time you got to moving
C G
Cause your life is starting to drag
C G
You ain’t leaving nothing but faces
F C
The same stars’ll watch you at night
F C Am
That same old lonesome will own you
C G C
And you’ve grown too tired to fight
♫ Chorus:
F
You’re one child’s father
C
Another man’s son
F C
One woman’s candle of light
F C Am
Too far into tomorrow
D G
For loving somebody tonight
F C
You’re too many miles from home now
F C
Gambling with nothing to lose
F C Am
A side-street hobo in rodeo clothes
C G C
Cowboy, you’re just riding through
F C F C G C
♫ Verse 2:
C G
Pull on your old blue jeans, cowboy
F C
Put on your old dusty hat
F C Am
Sunup caught you a-sleeping
C G
Gambling busted you flat
C G
Whiskey, it caught you a-drinking
F C
The rain and the wind caught you cold
F C Am
Loving cost you a memory
C G C
And the devil, he caught your soul
♫ Chorus:
F
You’re one child’s father
C
Another man’s son
F C
One woman’s candle of light
F C Am
Too far into tomorrow
D G
For loving somebody tonight
F C
You’re too many miles from home now
F C
Gambling with nothing to lose
F C Am
A side-street hobo in rodeo clothes
C G C Am
Cowboy, you’re just riding through
C G C
Cowboy, you’re just riding through
F C G C
Song History
Published: November 29, 2023
Last Updated: February 8, 2026