Song: Let There Be Cowgirls
Artist: Chris Cagle
Album: Back In The Saddle (2012)

Chord fingerings listed at the bottom of the page

Standard Tuning, No Capo

Intro:
C#5 (x133xx@4) E5 (022xxx@1) B5 (x244xx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) x2   (soft)
C#5 (x133xx@4) E5 (022xxx@1) B5 (x244xx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) x2   (electric)
C#5   E5   B5   F#5   x2   (electric w/ distortion)

Verse 1:
C#5 (x133xx@4)   E5 (022xxx@1)                B5 (x244xx@1)                  F#5On (244xxx@1)that very first day, the Lord sat down and saw fit to say
              C#5 (x133xx@4)   E5 (022xxx@1)                 B5 (x244xx@1)              F#5"Let (244xxx@1)there be light!" so he could tell the day time from the night
C#5 (x133xx@4)       E5 (022xxx@1)         B5 (x244xx@1)               F#5And (244xxx@1)then he spoke again, felt the wind come rolling in
          C#5 (x133xx@4)E5 (022xxx@1)             B5 (x244xx@1)  F#5Smelt (244xxx@1)the rain, it soaked everything

Prechorus 1:
B5 (x244xx@1)                                     B5 (x244xx@1)       And then the mountains rose up,      across the Great Plains
B5 (x244xx@1)                                            G#5 (133xxx@4)         
        And all the angels up in Heaven started singing,
        "All it's missing is a pretty thing"

Chorus:
             C#5 (x133xx@4)              E5Let (022xxx@1)there be cowgirls for every cowboy
        B5 (x244xx@1)           F#5 (244xxx@1)      C#5Make (x133xx@4)'em strong as any man, Lordy
                    E5 (022xxx@1)                 B5Something (x244xx@1)you can't tame, she's a mustang
                     F#5The (244xxx@1)heartbeat of the heartland
            C#5She's (x133xx@4)got a drawl, ya'll,
      E5 (022xxx@1)                  B5 (x244xx@1)                 F#5 (244xxx@1)  E-F#5  E-F#5
Yeah, she's the salt of the earth that rocks my world
E (022100@1)          C#5 (x133xx@4)E5 (022xxx@1)   B5 (x244xx@1) F#5Let (244xxx@1)there be cowgirls, come on

C#5 (x133xx@4) E5 (022xxx@1) B5 (x244xx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1)Verse 2:
C#5 (x133xx@4)              E5 (022xxx@1)     B5 (x244xx@1)                       F#5He (244xxx@1)made me back in '68, the first time I met her I was nearly eight
           C#5 (x133xx@4)E5 (022xxx@1)                 B5 (x244xx@1)   F#5And (244xxx@1)she was ten, her name was little KayLynn
        C#5 (x133xx@4)                    E5She (022xxx@1)was born to a farmer who was friends with my father,
      B5 (x244xx@1)                  F#5I (244xxx@1)was in love with the sharecropper's only daughter
C#5 (x133xx@4)           E5 (022xxx@1)               B5 (x244xx@1)  F#5Thought (244xxx@1)I was in, he made me think again

Prechorus 2:
B5 (x244xx@1)                           B5 (x244xx@1)       But when I turned 16,      I thought it couldn't get worse
B5 (x244xx@1)                                            G#5 (133xxx@4)       I saw her riding on a horse and fell in love so bad it hurt

Chorus:
             C#5 (x133xx@4)              E5Let (022xxx@1)there be cowgirls for every cowboy
         B5 (x244xx@1)          F#5 (244xxx@1)     C#5Make (x133xx@4)'em strong as any man, Lordy
                    E5 (022xxx@1)                 B5Something (x244xx@1)you can't tame, she's a mustang
                     F#5The (244xxx@1)heartbeat of the heartland
            C#5She's (x133xx@4)got a drawl, ya'll,
      E5 (022xxx@1)                  B5 (x244xx@1)                 F#5 (244xxx@1)  E-F#5  E-F#5
Yeah, she's the salt of the earth that rocks my world
E (022100@1)          C#5 (x133xx@4)E5 (022xxx@1) B5 (x244xx@1)F#5Let (244xxx@1)there be cowgirls,      ooooooh, come on

Instrumental/Solo:
C#5 (x133xx@4) E5 (022xxx@1) B5 (x244xx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) x4

C#5 (x133xx@4)  E5 (022xxx@1) B5 (x244xx@1) F#5Ooh, (244xxx@1)let there be cowgirls
                 C#5 (x133xx@4)  E5 (022xxx@1) B5 (x244xx@1) F#5Ooh, (244xxx@1)let there be cowgirls

Chorus:
             C#5 (x133xx@4)              E5Let (022xxx@1)there be cowgirls for every cowboy
          B5 (x244xx@1)          F#5 (244xxx@1)     C#5Make (x133xx@4)them strong as any man, Lordy
                    E5 (022xxx@1)                 B5Something (x244xx@1)you can't tame, she's a mustang
                     F#5The (244xxx@1)heartbeat of the heartland
            C#5She's (x133xx@4)got a drawl, ya'll,
      E5 (022xxx@1)                  B5 (x244xx@1)                 F#5Yeah, (244xxx@1)she's the salt of the earth that rocks my world
E-F#5  E-F#5      E-F#5  E-F#5
             Son!
E (022100@1)          C#5 (x133xx@4)E5 (022xxx@1) B5 (x244xx@1)F#5Let (244xxx@1)there be cowgirls,      ooooooh
             C#5 (x133xx@4)E5 (022xxx@1) B5 (x244xx@1)F#5Let (244xxx@1)there be cowgirls, come on

C#5 (x133xx@4) E5 (022xxx@1) B5 (x244xx@1) F#5 (244xxx@1) x2
E-F#5  E-F#5      E-F#5  E-F#5   E5 (022xxx@1) C#5 (x133xx@4)           (whistle)

the E-F#5 bit is a quick E and then slide to F#5.  listen to the song at that
point...it's pretty easy to figure out.

CHORDS
    C#5 (x133xx@4)  E5 (022xxx@1)   B5 (x244xx@1)  F#5 (244xxx@1) G#5 (133xxx@4)  Ee|---X-----X-----X-----X-----X-----X---| (022100@1)B|---X-----X-----X-----X-----X-----X---|
G|---6-----9-----4-----X-----X-----X---|
D|---6-----9-----4-----4-----6-----2---|
A|---4-----7-----2-----4-----6-----2---|
E|---X-----X-----X-----2-----4-----0---|