My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Recorded by Waylon Jennings (Circa 1996)
Written by Sharon Vaughn


Key of D, with no capo to play along with the youtube video.
In 3/4 time

Note; a GREAT pub/campfire song!


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I grew up dreaming of being a cowboy
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Loving the cowboy ways
 
Pursuing the life of my high riding heroes
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I burned up my childhood days


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I learned all the rules of the modern day drifter
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Don't you hold onto nothing too long
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Just take what you need from the ladies
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Then leave them the words of a sad country song


    G                       D
My heroes have always been cowboys
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And they still are it seems
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Sadly in search of  but one step in back of
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Themselves and their slow moving dreams

 
 
Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery
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From being alone too long
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You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare
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Knowing well your best days are gone


 
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Picking up hookers instead of my pen
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I let the words of my years fade away
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Old worn out saddles old worn out
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Memories with no one and no place to stay



    G                       D
My heroes have always been cowboys
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And they still are it seems
G                   D               G
Sadly in search of  but one step in back of
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Themselves and their slow moving dreams----

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Hear this wonderful song on youtube;
http://youtu.be/31aETl1BESU