Tom: E5 E5 Jessie went away last summer, A5 E5 a couple of months ago After all our time together, A5 E5 it was hard to see her go She called me right up when she arrived, A5 E5 asked me one more time to come but livin' on an L.A. freeway A5 E5 ain't my kind of havin' fun (Chorus) A5 E5 I think I'd rather be a cowboy A5 E5 I think I'd rather ride the range A5 E5 I think I'd rather be a cowboy B5 B5 E5 than to lay me down in love in lady's chains (Verse 2) E5 When we were just beginning, A5 E5 it was such an easy way layin' back up in the mountains, A5 E5 singin' songs for sunny days (but she got) tired of pickin' daisies A5 E5 and cookin' my meals for me She can live the life she wants to, yes, A5 E5 and it's all right with me (to chorus) (Interlude) B5 A5 E5 I'd rather live on the side of a mountain B5 B5 A5 E5 than wander through canyons of concrete and steel B5 A5 E5 I'd rather laugh with the rain and sunshine E5 A5 F#5 B5 B5 and lay down my sundown in some starry field (Verse 3) E5 Oh but I miss her in the morning A5 E5 when I awake alone and the absence of her laughter A5 E5 is a cold and empty sound But her memory always makes me smile A5 E5 and I want you to know I love her, yes I love her A5 E5 just enough to let her go (to chorus)
