John Fogerty – Broken Down Cowboy (Guitar)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Max Olsson Email: [email protected] Intro G-D-C-D 1x
G                   D
If I was a gambling man, 

C
never would have let you play your hand

         G           D           C
with the broken down cowboy like me

G                            D
Cos you never can trust your luck

C
he's bad news in a pickup truck

   G           D           C
a broken down cowboy like me

G                    D
He played every card he's got 

C
had a good hand but he messed it up

         G           D           C
With that bum-around tumble-down heart

G                     D
Saddlebags full of pain

C
carries them around just like her middle name

G               D            C
a losing streak play them or dont
Chorus
D               G     C                   G
Oh he string you along sang you a lonesome song 

D              G        
but he wind up alone again
D-C-G-C 2x
G                      D
no matter how hard you try

C
never gonna let you get inside

  G               D           C
that tumbled down broken down hard

G                      D
it's a tough riding rodeo 

C
mean hard stewin long time ago

   G           D           C
a broken down cowboy like me

G                      D
But the way I feel about you

C
wouldn't want that horse to hurt you to

   G           D           C
a broken down cowboy like me
Solo(same as verse) Chorus
D               G     C                   G
Oh he string you along sang you a lonesome song

D              G        
but he wind up alone again
D-C-G-C 2x
G                   D
If I was a gambling man, 

C
never would have let you play that hand

         G           D           C
with the broken down cowboy like me