A DIFFERENT FORMAT ON KEN'S 1998 VERSION I FIND THIS EASIER TO PLAY ALL ACKNOWLEDEMENTS TO KEN'S ORIGINAL WORK Brad Neal March, 2016 --------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:48:42, -0500 From: MR KEN L REYNOLDS ALBUM: Farewell Andromeda SONG: I'd Rather Be A Cowboy (Ladies C ARTIST: John Denver transcribed: Ken Reynolds I'd Rather Be A Cowboy (Ladies Chains) John Denver (klr) INTRO: D G D x 2
D G D Jesse went away last summer couple of month ago D G D After all our time together, it was hard to see her go D G D She called me right up when she arrived, asked me one more time to come D G D Livn on an L.A. freeway, aint my kind of havin fun G D I think Id rather be a cowboy G D I think Id rather ride the range G D I think Id rather be a cowboy A Asus D Than to lay me down in love and ladys chains D G D x2 D G D When we were just beginning, it was such an easy way D G D Layin back up in the mountains, singin songs for sunny days D G D But she got tired of picking daisies and cookin my meals for me D G D She can live the life she wants to, yes, and its all right with me G D I think Id rather be cowboy G D I think Id rather ride the range G D I think Id rather be a cowboy A Asus D Than to lay me down in love and ladys chains A Asus G D Id rather live on the side of a mountain A Asus G D Than wander through canyons of concrete and steel A Asus G D Id rather laugh with the rain and sunshine C G E7 A Asus A Asus An lay down my sundown in some starry field D G D Oh, but I miss her in the mornin, when I awake alone D G D And the absence of her laughter is a cold and empty sound D G D But her memory always makes me smile and I want you to know D G D I love her, yes I love her just enough to let her go G D I think Id rather be a cowboy G D I think Id rather ride the range G D I think Id rather be a cowboy A Asus D Than to lay me down in love and ladys chains
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