Lyle Lovett – My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (Guitar)

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As recorded by Lyle Lovett (From the 2023 Album LONG STORY SHORT: WILLIE NELSON 90 - LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL) [Intro] D [Verse 1]
D                                     G
I grew up a-dreamin' of bein' a cowboy

                      D
And lovin' the cowboy ways

                                      E7
Pursuin' the life of my high-ridin' heroes

               A
I burned up my childhood days

                      D
I learned of all the rules of the modern-day drifter

          G                      D
Don't you hold on to nothin' too long

     G                           D            G
Just take what you need from the ladies, then leave them

D                   A       D
With the words of a sad country song
[Chorus]
   G                       D       E7
My heroes have always been cowboys

                    A
And they still are, it seems

G                       D           G
Sadly in search of, but one step in back of

    A                       D            G
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams
[Verse 2]
D                                                 G
Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery

                     D
From being alone too long

D
You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare

E7                          A              D
Knowin' well that your best days were gone

D
Pickin' up hookers instead of my pen

  G                         D
I let the words of my years fade away

G                         D            G
Old worn-out saddles, and old worn-out memories

     A                   D
With no one and no place to stay
[Chorus]
   G                       D       E7
My heroes have always been cowboys

                    A
And they still are, it seems

G                       D           G
Sadly in search of, but one step in back of

    A                       D           G  D
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams
[Outro]
G                       D           G
Sadly in search of, but one step in back of

    D                A           G     D
Themselves and their slow-movin' dreams