Space Cowboy chords by Steve Miller Band

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: FF

Difficulty: Novice

SPACE COWBOY
As recorded by the Steve Miller Band
(From the 1969 Album BRAVE NEW WORLD)

Intro:
F7F7 x4
F7F7 Bb majorBb x4

Verse 1:
   F7F7       Bb majorBb      F7F7    Bb majorBb
I've told you 'bout living in the U.S. of A augmentedA
       F7F7      Bb majorBb       F7F7 Bb majorBb
Don't you know that I'm a gangster of love
  F7F7      Bb majorBb      F7F7       Bb majorBb
Let me tell you people that I found a new way
       F7F7      Bb majorBb     F7F7  Bb majorBb
And I'm tired of all this talk about love
      F7F7   Bb majorBb     F7F7       Bb majorBb
And the same old story with a new set of words
     F7F7       Bb majorBb      F7F7 Bb majorBb
About the good and the bad and the poor
       F7F7      Bb majorBb
And the times keep on changin'
    F7F7      Bb majorBb
So I'm keepin' on top
     F7F7     Bb majorBb          N.C.
Of every bad cat who walks through my door

Chorus:
N.C. F7F7   Ab7Ab7
I'm a space cowboy
Bb9Bb9            Db7Db7
Bet you weren't ready for that
   F7F7   Ab7Ab7
I'm a space cowboy
Bb9Bb9             Db7Db7
I'm sure you know where it's at
            F7F7 Bb majorBb x2
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Interlude:
F7F7 x8
F7F7 Bb majorBb x4

Verse 2:
     F7F7      Bb majorBb
I was born on this rock
       F7F7           Bb majorBb
And I've been travelin' through space
      F7F7     Bb majorBb    F7F7
Since the moment I first realized
Bb majorBb      F7F7        Bb majorBb    F7F7      Bb majorBb
What all you fast-talkin' cats would do if you could
       F7F7      Bb majorBb      F7F7
You know, I'm ready for the final surprise
Bb majorBb      F7F7     Bb majorBb
There ain't no way around it
   F7F7       Bb majorBb
Ain't nothing to say
       F7F7     Bb majorBb       F7F7
That's gonna satisfy my soul deep inside
Bb majorBb      F7F7       Bb majorBb
All the prayers and surveyors
       F7F7       Bb majorBb
Keep the whole place uptight
       F7F7      Bb majorBb      N.C.
While it keeps on gettin' darker outside

Chorus:
N.C. F7F7   Ab7Ab7
I'm a space cowboy
Bb9Bb9            Db7Db7
Bet you weren't ready for that
   F7F7   Ab7Ab7
I'm a space cowboy
Bb9Bb9             Db7Db7
I'm sure you know where it's at
            F7F7 Bb majorBb x2
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Interlude:
F7F7 x8
F7F7 Bb majorBb x2

Guitar Solo:
F minorFm Bb majorBb F minorFm  FF
F minorFm x7
F7F7 Bb majorBb x8
F5F5 AbAb Bb majorBb DbDb x2
F minorFm x4

Verse 3:
N.C.   F7F7       Bb majorBb     F7F7      Bb majorBb
I see the showdowns, slow downs, lost and found, turn-arounds
  F7F7     Bb majorBb       F7F7
The boys in the military shirts
Bb majorBb    F7F7        Bb majorBb      F7F7      Bb majorBb
I keep my eyes on the prize, on the long fallen skies
      F7F7       Bb majorBb    F7F7
And I don't let my friends get hurt
      F7F7     Bb majorBb    F7F7     Bb majorBb
All you back room schemers, star trip dreamers
    F7F7        Bb majorBb   F7F7
Better find something new to say
Bb majorBb        F7F7      Bb majorBb
'Cause you're the same old story
       F7F7     Bb majorBb
It's the same old crime
      F7F7      Bb majorBb     N.C.
And you got some heavy dues to pay

Chorus:
N.C. F7F7   Ab7Ab7
I'm a space cowboy
Bb9Bb9            Db7Db7
Bet you weren't ready for that
   F7F7   Ab7Ab7
I'm a space cowboy
Bb9Bb9             Db7Db7
I'm sure you know where it's at
            F7F7 Bb majorBb x2
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Outro:
F7F7 Bb majorBb x3
N.C. F7F7