Cows Around chords by Corb Lund

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chorus:
C                              E7
Everything is better with some cows around
Am                       D7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
          C                                        A7
Let me bestow this western blessing and share what I have found
        Dm          G7    C
May you always have cows around

Verse 1:
C                                    D
What else you gonna spend that extra money on
                              G
What else is gonna get you up hours before dawn
                                    C             F#7
What else is gonna keep you toiling on and on and on
        G           D7    G
May you always have cows around

Verse 2:
G                                       D
Come on, you know that you got too much time on your hands
                                   G
And not nearly enough complication in your plans
                                  C                F#7
You need to invite all of the frustration that you can
        G           D7    G
May you always have cows around

Chorus:
C                              E7
Everything is better with some cows around
Am                       D7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
          C                                       A7
Let me bestow this western blessing and leave you saddle bound
        Dm          G7    C
May you always have cows around

Verse 3:
C                                          D
What else could make a bishop swear like a sailor might
                                             G
What else could cause such tension between a man and his wife
                                       C                  F#7
What else could ever bring all these enhancements to your life
        G           D7    G
May you always have cows around

Verse 4:
G                                        D
What else is gonna get out when you don't close the gate
                                        G
What else is gonna make you prematurely show your age
                                      C             F#7
What else will take a run at you in a fit of bovine rage
        G           D7    G
May you always have cows around

Chorus:
C                              E7
Everything is better with some cows around
Am                       D7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
          C                                   A7
And although this western blessing leaves you cattle bound
        Dm          G7    C
May you always have cows around

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


Solo:
C           E7
Am          D7
C           A7
Dm    G7    C

Verse 5:
C                                D
You mighta had to let em dig for oil and gas
                                        G
You mighta had to turn the place into an exotic game ranch
                                  C                   F#7
You mighta had to do all kinds of things to raise the cash
         G           D7    G
So you'd always have cows around

Verse 6:
G                                   D
How else you gonna lose it all like daddy did
                                          G
What else will make sure you leave nothin' for your kids?
                                         C            F#7
It's too late now, you know it is, you'd just as well admit
           G                            C
You have a badly flawed and sentimental masochistic-ness
          G                                 C
And that despite all the statistics and the advice that you get
         G           D7    G
You will always have cows around

Chorus:
C                              E7
Everything is better with some cows around
Am                       D7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
          C                                 A7
You won't know what you're missing till you hear that sound
        Dm          G7    C
May you always have cows around
        Dm          G7    C
May you always have cows around     Moooooo!