Momma I'm A Cowboy chords by Red Steagall

Chords with lyrics

D MajorD
Theres nothing left but ashes
E minorEm
The fire is gone for good
A7A7
I'm trapped here in this cabin
G+G         D MajorD
To cold to go for wood
     So I thought I'd write a letter
E minorEm
Let you know that i'm okay
A7A7
Though my leg still hurts a little
G+G            D MajorD
From a bad spill yester day

  G+G         A7A7
D7D7 Dear momma I'm a cowboy
  D MajorD            G+G
and I know that breaks your heart
  A7A7
all the things they wrote about me
     G+G        A7A7
must have torn your world apart
  D MajorD
but momma please forgive me
     E minorEm
though I drove you near insane
 A7A7
I never killed nobody
 G+G   A7A7     D MajorD
I never robbed that train.

D MajorD
We found him in the springtime
E minorEm
At the table where he died
A7A7
Tears had stained the letter
G+G             D MajorD
When he bowed his head and cried
We all just bawled like babies
E minorEm
As we read it one by one
A7A7
And thought about our own mommas
G+G            D MajorD
All the things we'd left undone

This last verse is spoken:
D MajorD
Then we rolled him in his blanket
EM
And as the boy's all gathered round
A7A7
I read his letter one more time
G+G              D MajorD
Then we lowered him into the ground

D7D7 G+G

  G+G         A7A7
D7D7 Dear momma I'm a cowboy
  D MajorD            G+G
and I know that breaks your heart
  A7A7
all the things they wrote about me
     G+G        A7A7
must have torn your world apart
  D MajorD
but momma please forgive me
     E minorEm
though I drove you near insane
 A7A7
I never killed nobody
 G+G   A7A7     D MajorD
I never robbed that train.