Cowboy Chords Live chords by Emma Harner

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard



Key: Em


Intro:
 (makes up 2x6 bars of 8/8)

  Em                 G            G6   C    Csus2 C            Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
e|-----0-----0---------------3--p0---0-0-0-0---0---0---0-0-----0---0---0-0-----0---0---0---0---0-0-|
B|-----0-----0-----------------------1-1-1-1---1---1---1-1-1---1---1---1-1-1---1---1---1---1---1-1-|
G|-----0-----0-----------------------0-0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---0---0---0-0-|
D|-----2---------------0-------------2-2-0-0h2-2b2-------0-0h2-2b2-------0-0h2-2-2---0-0-2-2-0-0-2-|
A|-----2---------------2-----------3---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------0---0-2-3-------3---3-------------------------------------------------------------------| x2

This exactly is also played just once in the 2nd and 4th lines of each verse. The 3rd line is a slight
variation of it but ends the same way.


In the chorus, slide easily between C and Em9/D like this:

    C    Em9/D
e|--0----0--|
B|--1----3--|
G|--0----0--|
D|--2----4--|
A|--3----5--|
E|----------|



Verse 1:
Em      G G6     Am      C   Csus2 C
Burning down the old farmhouse
Em      G G6 C  Csus2 C Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
Leaving everything
E7       G          D       C  Csus2 C Csus2 C
You keep score with cowboy chords
Em      G  G6 C    Csus2 C Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
I could never sing


Verse 2:
Em      G G6    Am C
Lighter in your pocket
Em          G G6      C  Csus2 C Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
Singed like half your heart
E7      G             D           C  Csus2 C Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
Fine, I flinched, but your pretty grin
Em        G  G6    C    Csus2 C Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
Showed me where to start


Chorus:
A                    C  Em9/D  C
If I’m gone then I’m going
                     A C
If I’m here then I’m asking
          Em9/D C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
And you’re knowing


Verse 3:
Em     G G6  Am C
Faking every Sunday
Em      G G6 C  Csus2 C Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
Drowning in my fears
E7     G   D       C  Csus2 C Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
If you got another shot
    Em      G G6 C  Csus2 C Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
You know that I’m all ears


Chorus:
A                    C  Em9/D   C
If I’m gone then I’m going
                     A C
If I’m here then I’m asking
          Em9/D C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
And you’re knowing


Verse 4:
Em       G G6  Am  C
See you at the ending
Em      G G6 C  Csus2 C Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
No use keeping score
E7        G           D         C  Csus2 C Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
Fine, you win, that’s all there is
   Em        G G6  C  Csus2 C Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Csus2 C Csus2 C
Is love and cowboy chords


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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| b   Bend
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