Merle Haggard – Life Of A Rodeo Cowboy (Guitar)

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[Intro] G7 C [Verse 1]
        C                          F
Well it really has been nice bein' with you

    G7                          C
But I'm afraid that I've got to leave

       C                F
As you know I'm a rodeo cowboy

    G7                         C
and there's a rodeo down in Mesquite
[Chorus]
           C               F
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy

D7                           G
  breakin' broncs or gettin' broke

           C               F
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy

G                            C
  And that's the only life I know
[Verse 2]
       C                             F
On the day you think your day is the big one

    G7                              C
I'm walkin' away with all that they own

          C                             F
Then your lyin' hurtin' hearin' someone saying

           G7                                   C
Give him a hand that's all that cowboy's taking home

    C                   F
Hot beer and cold stale hamburgers

G7                           C
makes a meal sorta hard to enjoy

       C                                F
And it kinda makes you think of momma's chicken

              G7              C
Ah that's the life of a rodeo cowboy
[Chorus]
           C               F
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy

D7                           G
  breakin' broncs or gettin' broke

           C               F
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy

G                            C
  And that's the only life I know
[Solo] C F G C [Verse 3]
            C                              F
When you're down and you're really feeling sorry

    G7                     C
You go for a drink in some bar

         C                                  F
Then someone points at you and you hear him whisper

     G7                        C
over there stands a rodeo star
[Chorus]
           C               F
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy

D7                           G
  breakin' broncs or gettin' broke

           C               F
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy

G                            C
  And that's the only life I know
[Out-Chorus]
           C               F
That's the life of a rodeo cowboy

              D7
(And let's go down to the place with a case of tens

    G
And all you other blasted bronc busters)

 C               F
(Life of a rodeo cowboy)