C5 F5 C5 He was born on a bright day, 1908 C5 G5 Must have made up his mind that he just couldn't wait C5 F5 C5 The labor came on so quick and so fast C5 G5 C5 They rushed to town but she just couldn't last C5 F5 C5 He entered the world with his daddy playing doctor C5 G5 A horse for a nursemaid, cattle milling about C5 F5 C5 Born in the back of his daddy's ranch wagon C5 G5 C5 Into the tools of the trade there was never a doubt F5 C5 He loved the wide open spaces the best F5 C5 He looked east every morning, every evening he looked west F5 C5 G5 Loved his cowboying ways more than anyone knew F5 C5 G5 C5 Cowboy from Catarina, it's open spaces for you F5 C5 G5 C5 Cowboy from Catarina, it's open spaces for you Spent whole days on horseback just explaining the country Skipped school when he could cause it kept him inside Took his supper on the back steps so he could see the sun setting Stood up in his stirrups to watch the sunrise He'd ride through the draws where the rock faces whistle Sit there amongst the mesquite shrubs and the thistles He'd smell the whitebrush that the breeze carried by And he'd thank the angels for his cowboy life Chorus The second great war called him down from his horse They asked will you serve and he answered of course So he rode a troop ship across the great wide And he fought the Axis with one thought in mind Get back to Catarina, get back to his life Get back to his fencelines and the south Texas sky Get back to his cattle, his pastures, his land The cowboy from Catarina, he wore a very deep brand Chorus Change key to D5 D5 G5 D5 The eighties rolled around and his skin was wrinkled leather D5 A5 The hearing had faded and his balance had been better D5 G5 D5 But he could still spot a buck three fencelines away D5 A5 D5 And cowboy from Catarina I wonder where you are today D5 G5 D5 Are you down in the draw where the rock faces whistle D5 A5 Are you sitting amongst the mesquite shrubs and thistles D5 G5 D5 Can you smell the whitebrush that the breeze carries by D5 A5 D5 And are you thanking the angels for your cowboyin' life Chorus 2: G5 D5 Cause you loved the wide open spaces the best G5 D5 You looked east every morning, every evening you looked out west G5 D5 A5 You loved your cowboying ways more than anyone knew G5 D5 A5 D5 Cowboy from Catarina, it's open spaces for you G5 D5 A5 Cowboy from Catarina, it's open spaces G5 D5 It's them wide open spaces for you