Am        C          F             C
When the rodeo was over, we?d all go to the room.
     Am                C              F                G 
We?d drink some beer relax awhile and sing some cowboy tunes.
     Am            C                     F 
That old guitar we passed around, it was battered, scratched, and 
C
broke. 
    F               C      Am         F
But Lord it sounded mighty fine, when Begin free strumJohn Ed 

sang 
           Am
       "Cowpoke". 
                                         C   F  Am X2
Coo or Croon while playing in free strum  
Am                C                       F            C
Ben he?d think of some old tune, and he?d really wail away.
Am                C                 F                G 
Dunder?d play the spoons and sing until the break of day.
Am                C                   F                 C 
Clyde he?d tell a poem or two and old Rich he?d crack a joke.
    F              C        Am       F/B 
But damn it nearly make you cry when egin free strumJohn Ed 

sang
           Am 
       "Cowpoke". 
                                         C F Am X2
Coo or Croon while playing in free strum 
Am                  C            F              C
Someday this road I travel, Lord I will leave behind.
    Am              C                     F              G 
But memories of the things I?ve seen will never leave my mind.
     Am             C                F              C 
On a quiet summer?s evenin? when the sun is sinking low,
     F              C         Am      F/B 
I?ll think again of days gone by when egin free strum John Ed 

sang 
          Am
      "Cowpoke". 
       C                                C F Am x2
Coo or roon while playing in free strum