A                               Asus4 A     Asus4
I've been walking these streets so  long
A                Asus4 A       Asus4
Singing the same old song
  A                Asus4      A               Asus4 E        Esus4  E  Esus4
I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of  Broadway
      D                     Dsus4 D      Dsus4
Where hustle is the name of the game
    D                    Dsus4 D              Dsus4          A     Asus4   A   Asus4
And nice guys get washed a-  way / Like the snow and the rain
               E          Esus4 E       Esus4
There's been a load of compro-mising
       D          Dsus4  A
On the road to my ho-  rizon
    D                      B                     E/D   E     (tacet)
And I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me

       D    E     A       Asus4   A
Like a Rhinestone Cowboy
       Amaj7               A6            Bm      E
Riding out on a horse in a star spangled rodeo
       D    E     A       Asus4   A
Like a Rhinestone cowboy
        Amaj7                  A6                  Bm
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
    Bm                      D       E       D E
And waffles coming over the phone

A                   Asus4 A     Asus4
I really don't mind the rain
    A                   Asus4 A     Asus4
And smiles can hide all the pain
     A                            Asus4 A       Asus4
But you're down and you're riding the train
                  E        Esus4  E  Esus4
That's taking the long way
      D                   Dsus4  D      Dsus4
And I dream of the things I'll do
       D            Dsus4   D             Dsus4       A     Asus4   A   Asus4
With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe
              E          Esus4 E       Esus4
There'll be a load of compro-mising
       D          Dsus4  A
On the road to my ho-  rizon
    D                      B                     E/D   E      (tacet)
And I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me

       D    E     A       Asus4   A
Like a Rhinestone Cowboy
       Amaj7               A6            Bm      E
Riding out on a horse in a star spangled rodeo
       D    E     A       Asus4   A
Like a Rhinestone cowboy
        Amaj7                  A6                  Bm
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
    Bm                      D       E
And waffles coming over the phone

[Repeat chorus, extra tacet bit on the 2nd Rhinestone]