Michael Martin Murphey – Born To Be A Cowboy (Guitar)
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From the album "Cowboy Songs IV: Rangeland Rebel" (1998)
Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/5RzT283MuXqiUyIRiHPUg0?si=bab20f817ef94458
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
C C7 F The painted walls of Palo Duro, how my heart can see them yet F C D7 G D7 G As a boy of eighteen summers, long before I knew regret C C7 F There I rode the bold unwilling and my loop was keen and true F C F G C And even in the dead of winter, skies were always blue
[Verse 2]
C C7 F In the heat of summer branding we'd get an early start F C D7 G D7 G We'd jingle in the horses and we'd saddle in the dark C C7 F Then we'd ride out on the morning without a spoken word F C F G C C7 The ring of spur and the fall of hoof was all that could be heard
[Chorus]
F G F C And it's been saddle horse and catch twine that has been my life F C Dm G Some say it's been my downfall that the world has passed me by F G F C But the life I lived I freely chose, I'm at it yet tonight F C G C I was born to be a cowboy and I will be till I die
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
C# C#7 F# First laid eyes on Darcy Taylor at the cowboy's Christmas ball F# C# D#7 G# D#7 G# The daughter of a preacher and the fairest of them all C# C#7 F# I knew I could never have her but I loved her just the same F# C# F# G# C# And I still get that old time feeling when I hear her name
[Chorus]
F# G# F# C# And it's been saddle horse and catch twine that has been my life F# C# D#m G# Some say it's been my downfall that the world has passed me by F# G# F# C# But the life I lived I freely chose, I'm at it yet tonight F# C# G# C# D I was born to be a cowboy and I will be till I die
[Verse 4]
D D7 G Photographs and trophy buckles, things you hold with pride G D E7 A E7 A When eyes grow dim don't mean as much as what you've got inside D D7 G But I've got lots of memories to me worth more than gold G D G A D And I can say I'm ready, Lord, when it comes my time to go
[Chorus]
G A G D And it's been saddle horse and catch twine that has been my life G D Em A Some say it's been my downfall that the world has passed me by G A G D But the life I lived I freely chose, I'm at it yet tonight G D A D I was born to be a cowboy and I will be till I die
[Outro]
G D Em F#m G A D A D I was born to be a cowboy and I will be till I die
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