Cows Around chords by Corb Lund

Chords with lyrics

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

Chorus:
C majorC               E7E7
Everything is better with some cows around
A minorAm            D7D7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
     C majorC                    A7A7
Let me bestow this western blessing and share what I have found
    DmDm     G7G7  C majorC
May you always have cows around

Verse 1:
C majorC                  D MajorD
What else you gonna spend that extra money on
               G+G
What else is gonna get you up hours before dawn
                  C majorC       F#7F#7
What else is gonna keep you toiling on and on and on
    G+G      D7D7  G+G
May you always have cows around

Verse 2:
G+G                    D MajorD
Come on, you know that you got too much time on your hands
                  G+G
And not nearly enough complication in your plans
                 C majorC        F#7F#7
You need to invite all of the frustration that you can
    G+G      D7D7  G+G
May you always have cows around

Chorus:
C majorC               E7E7
Everything is better with some cows around
A minorAm            D7D7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
     C majorC                    A7A7
Let me bestow this western blessing and leave you saddle bound
    DmDm     G7G7  C majorC
May you always have cows around

Verse 3:
C majorC                     D MajorD
What else could make a bishop swear like a sailor might
                       G+G
What else could cause such tension between a man and his wife
                    C majorC         F#7F#7
What else could ever bring all these enhancements to your life
    G+G      D7D7  G+G
May you always have cows around

Verse 4:
G+G                    D MajorD
What else is gonna get out when you don't close the gate
                    G+G
What else is gonna make you prematurely show your age
                   C majorC       F#7F#7
What else will take a run at you in a fit of bovine rage
    G+G      D7D7  G+G
May you always have cows around

Chorus:
C majorC               E7E7
Everything is better with some cows around
A minorAm            D7D7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
     C majorC                  A7A7
And although this western blessing leaves you cattle bound
    DmDm     G7G7  C majorC
May you always have cows around

Bridge:
C majorC
What kinda cows?
       A minorAm
Well, there's Hereford, Highland, Simmental, Welsh Black and Maine Anjou
C majorC
Chianina, Limousin, Shorthorn, Charolais, Watusi, too
A minorAm
Texas Longhorn, Corriente, Romagnola, Galloway
C majorC                            G+G
And Angus, Brahma, Brangus, Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein, hey

Solo:
C majorC      E7E7
A minorAm     D7D7
C majorC      A7A7
DmDm  G7G7  C majorC

Verse 5:
C majorC                D MajorD
You mighta had to let em dig for oil and gas
                    G+G
You mighta had to turn the place into an exotic game ranch
                 C majorC          F#7F#7
You mighta had to do all kinds of things to raise the cash
     G+G      D7D7  G+G
So you'd always have cows around

Verse 6:
G+G                  D MajorD
How else you gonna lose it all like daddy did
                     G+G
What else will make sure you leave nothin' for your kids?
                     C majorC      F#7F#7
It's too late now, you know it is, you'd just as well admit
      G+G              C majorC
You have a badly flawed and sentimental masochistic-ness
     G+G                 C majorC
And that despite all the statistics and the advice that you get
     G+G      D7D7  G+G
You will always have cows around

Chorus:
C majorC               E7E7
Everything is better with some cows around
A minorAm            D7D7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
     C majorC                 A7A7
You won't know what you're missing till you hear that sound
    DmDm     G7G7  C majorC
May you always have cows around
    DmDm     G7G7  C majorC
May you always have cows around   Moooooo!

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