My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys chords by Willie Nelson

Key: D


🎸 Intro:

D D/A  D D/A


🎸 Verse 1:
  D       D/A    D                Dsus2/A
I grew up dreamin of bein a cowboy
G              G6sus2     D D/A
 And lovin the cowboy ways
D            D/A        D6               D6sus2/A
 Pursuin the life of my high-ridin heroes
E               E/B       A   Asus2
 I burned up my childhood days

🎸 Verse 2:
D                  D/A        D                 Dsus2/A G
 I learned all the rules of a modern day drifter
don't you hold on to
G6sus2     D   D/A
nothin too long
G                       G6sus2     D6sus2      G                   D/A        A6
 Just take what you need, from the ladies that leave them with the words of a sad
        D    D/E D/F#
country song


🎸 Chorus 1:
   G           G6sus2      D      Dsus2/A
My heroes have always been cowboys
E         E/B          A    Asus2
 And they still are it seems
G         G6sus2             D6sus2  G            D/A              A6
 Sadly in search of, and one step in back of them-selves and their slow movin
D     D/A  D D/A
dreams


🎸 Verse 3:
D                   D/A D                        Dsus2/A
 Cowboys are special
with their own brand of misery
G            G6sus2   D   D/A
 From bein a-lone too long
D                     D/A         D6        D6sus2/A
 You can die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare
       E              E/B           A   Asus2
Knowin well that your best days are gone


🎸 Verse 4:
D          D/A        D           Dsus2/A        G           G6sus2       D  D/A
 Pickin up hookers in-stead of my pen, I let the words of my youth fade a-way
G                    G6sus2 D6sus2       G             D/A        A6          D
 Old worn-out saddles
and old worn-out memories, but no one and no place to stay
 D/E D/F#


🎸 Chorus 2:
G               G6sus2      D      Dsus2/A
 My heroes have always been cowboys
E         E/B          A    A6/B
 And they still are it seems
G         G6sus2         D6sus2      G            D/A              A6
 Sadly in search of, and one step in back of them-selves and their slow movin
D      D/E D/F#
dreams
G        G6sus2         D6sus2      G            D/A              A6
Sadly in search of, and one step in back of them-selves and their slow movin
G     G/D
dreams


🎸 Outro:
G G6sus2  D