Broken Cowboy chords by The Dead South

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Am

Difficulty: Novice


Intro:
Am E Am E
Am...

Verse 1:
Am
It's been a long dark dirty road
F         C
And pocket full of gold
  E
And I've been out here now
Am
All on my own
Am
Well it's real quiet here
F       C
Just the way I like it here
    E
There's no one to bother me
     Am
Except...

Am    F      C
In 1955, born into Wadena's pride
E
I laid my head on that
Am
Milligan creek bed
Am
When I was a young man
F          C
I helped build these land
E              Am
I laid down these rails as a CPR man

Am
Thought I'd live forever
F          C
With my heart in my pocket
    E
Oh, my gun by my side
    Am
And my feelings in a locket

Am             F     C
Well, that was a cold year in Seventyseven
  E
But I married my wife
Am
We had 2 kids
Am
I gave her a daughter
F       C
She gave me a son
    E           Am
And we rode those damn horses until we had none

Am
Fists still like flyin'
F        C
Doing things for dyin'
   E              Am
Oh I should have put that old gun away

Chorus:
  F  G        Am
But I, I am me, a broken cowboy
  F    C       E
And I don't feel right no more
    F G      Am
'Cause I am a broken cowboy

Solo:
Am F C E Am  (2x)

Verse 2:
Am
Livin' life in the fast lane
F        C
Racing cars and robbing trains
 E
I thought I had it all
Am
Then one day I got the call
Am
A father's worst dream
F      C    E
My son went down and I

Am
The colours deceive me
F    C
As I see grey
     E
Oh you're cutting me down with those
Am
Cold words you're saying
Am
Then you called me brother
F         C       E
But this can't be so 'cause you slander my name
Am             F E Am
Anywhere the wind will blow

Chorus:
F    G        Am
But I, I am me, a broken cowboy
  F    C       E
And I don't feel right no more
    F G      Am
'Cause I am a broken cowboy
  F G     Am
Yes I am broken cowboy

Outro:
Am
It's been a long dark dirty road
F          C
But a pocket full of gold
  E
And I've been out here now
Am
All on my own
Am
Well it's real quiet here
F       C
Just the way I like it here
    E
There's no one to bother me
    Am
Except that old taunting tree


Chord by P4tR