The Old Cow Man chords by Don Edwards

Chords with lyrics

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

Verse:
  D MajorD
I rode across a valley range
  G+G        D MajorD
I hadn't seen for years
   D MajorD
The trail was all so spoilt and strange
            A augmentedA
It nearly fetched the tears
  D MajorD
I had to let ten fences down
   G+G        D MajorD
The fussy lanes ran wrong
   D MajorD
And each new line would make me frown
   A augmentedA         G+G      D MajorD
And hum this mournin' song

Chorus:

G+G   G+G              D MajorD
Mhm, hear 'em stretchin' of the wire
   D MajorD
The urban brand is on the land
        A augmentedA
I reckon I'll retire
     D MajorD
While progress toots her greedy horn
  G+G        D MajorD
And makes her motor buzz
  D MajorD
I thanks the Lord I wasn't born
   A augmentedA      G+G       D MajorD
No later than I was

Verse:

    D MajorD
'Twas good to live when all the sod
  G+G         D MajorD
Without no fence or fuss
  D MajorD
Belonged in partnership with God
           A augmentedA
Mother Nature and to us
     D MajorD
Where skyline bounds from east to west
   G+G       D MajorD
And room to go and come
  D MajorD
I loved my fellow man the best
   A augmentedA         G+G     D MajorD
When he was scattered some

Chorus:

G+G    G+G             D MajorD
Mhm, closer and closer crawls the wire
     D MajorD
There's hardly place to step away
         A augmentedA
And call a man a liar
    D MajorD
Their house has locks on every door
    G+G       D MajorD
Their land is in a crate
    D MajorD
These ain't the plains of God no more
     A augmentedA     G+G      D MajorD
They're only real estate

Verse:

   D MajorD
When my old soul hunts range and rest
 G+G        D MajorD
Beyond the last divide
    D MajorD
Just plant me in some stretch of West
         A augmentedA
Sunny, lone and wide
   D MajorD
Let cattle rub the tombstone round
   G+G         D MajorD
And coyotes mourn their kin
   D MajorD
Let horses come and paw the moun'
   A augmentedA         G+G     D MajorD
But don't you fence it in

Chorus:

G+G   G+G              D MajorD
Mhm, far and farther flings the wire
   D MajorD
To crowd and pinch another inch
             A augmentedA
It's all their heart's desire
   D MajorD
The world is overstocked with men
   G+G        D MajorD
And some will see the day
   D MajorD
When each must keep his little pen
   A augmentedA     G+G
But I'll be far away

Verse:

G+G  G+G  D MajorD
Mhm Mhm Mhm
 D MajorD
Mhm
 A augmentedA
Mhm
    D MajorD
While progress toots her greedy horn
   G+G       D MajorD
And makes her motor buzz
  D MajorD
I thanks the Lord I wasn't born
   A augmentedA      G+G
No later than I was