Chords with lyrics
Written By Don Cook and Chuck Rains
As Recorded by Michael Martin Murphy on the 1990 release, Cowboy Songs
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There's a great American hero, we all look up to
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When the times are hard and the chips are down,
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he knows just what to do
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Now a cowboy's got a set of rules that he lives by day to day
C7C7 FF
If you ask for his advice, he'll more than likely say
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If it's a fence, mend it. If it's a dollar bill, spend it
C7C7 FF C7C7
Before if burns a hole down in them jeans
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It it's a load, truck it. If it's a punch, duck it.
C7C7 FF
If she's a lady, treat her like a queen
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That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
C7C7 FF
It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings
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That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
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He's got a simple solution to just about anything
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If it's a job, do it. Put your back in to it.
D7D7 G+G D7D7
'Cause a little bit of dirt's gonna wash off in the rain
G+G C majorC
If it's a horse, ride it. If it hurts, hide it.
D7D7 G+G
Dust yourself off and get back on again.
C majorC G+G
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
D7D7 G+G
It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings
C majorC G+G
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
D7D7 G+G
He's got a simple solution to just about anything
C majorC
An old cowboy and a young buckaroo were workin', ridin' fence
D7D7 G+G
The old hand was testin' the kid - on his skill and common
sense
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He said "Son, if you seen three men in a pickup truck,
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dressed alike from boot to hat,
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could you tell which one was the real cowboy,
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just from where he sat?"
The kid scratched his head awhile and then he said
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"Well, there ain't no way to know".
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The old hand grinned and then he said
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"Kid, you've still got a ways to go.
The real cowboy's the one in the middle.
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He ain't there just by fate.
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'Cause first he don't have to drive, and then
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he don't have to mess with the gate"
C majorC G+G
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
D7D7 G+G
It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings
C majorC G+G
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it
D7D7 G+G
He's got a simple solution to just about anything
D7D7 G+G
He's got a simple solution to just about anything
