Momma I'm A Cowboy chords by Red Steagall

D
Theres nothing left but ashes
Em
The fire is gone for good
A7
I'm trapped here in this cabin
G                 D
To cold to go for wood
         So I thought I'd write a letter
Em
Let you know that i'm okay
A7
Though my leg still hurts a little
G                       D
From a bad spill yester day

   G                 A7
D7 Dear momma I'm a cowboy
    D                       G
and I know that breaks your heart
    A7
all the things they wrote about me
          G               A7
must have torn your world apart
    D
but momma please forgive me
         Em
though I drove you near insane
  A7
I never killed nobody
  G     A7          D
I never robbed that train.

D
We found him in the springtime
Em
At the table where he died
A7
Tears had stained the letter
G                          D
When he bowed his head and cried
We all just bawled like babies
Em
As we read it one by one
A7
And thought about our own mommas
G                        D
All the things we'd left undone

This last verse is spoken:
D
Then we rolled him in his blanket
EM
And as the boy's all gathered round
A7
I read his letter one more time
G                            D
Then we lowered him into the ground

D7 G

   G                 A7
D7 Dear momma I'm a cowboy
    D                       G
and I know that breaks your heart
    A7
all the things they wrote about me
          G               A7
must have torn your world apart
    D
but momma please forgive me
         Em
though I drove you near insane
  A7
I never killed nobody
  G     A7          D
I never robbed that train.