Michael Martin Murphey – Cowboy Logic (Ukulele)

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Written By Don Cook and Chuck Rains As Recorded by Michael Martin Murphy on the 1990 release, Cowboy Songs
          F                    Bb
There's a great American hero, we all look up to

         C7
When the times are hard and the chips are down,

                      F
he knows just what to do

       F                                   Bb
Now a cowboy's got a set of rules that he lives by day to day

       C7                                        F
If you ask for his advice, he'll more than likely say

                                     Bb
If it's a fence, mend it.  If it's a dollar bill, spend it

  C7                                F     C7
Before if burns a hole down in them jeans

           F                         Bb
It it's a load, truck it.  If it's a punch, duck it.

            C7                     F
If she's a lady, treat her like a queen

              Bb                     F
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it

            C7                                     F
It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings

              Bb                    F
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it

           C7                               F    F F# G
He's got a simple solution to just about anything

           G            C
If it's a job, do it.  Put your back in to it.

          D7                                         G   D7
'Cause a little bit of dirt's gonna wash off in the rain

          G                       C
If it's a horse, ride it.  If it hurts, hide it.

 D7                                 G
Dust yourself off and get back on again.

               C                     G
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it

            D7                                     G
It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings

               C                     G
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it

            D7                               G
He's got a simple solution to just about anything

                                         C
An old cowboy and a young buckaroo were workin', ridin' fence

    D7                                                     G
The old hand was testin' the kid - on his skill and common 
sense
         G
He said "Son, if you seen three men in a pickup truck,

         C 
dressed alike from boot to hat,

           D7
could you tell which one was the real cowboy,

                    G
just from where he sat?"
The kid scratched his head awhile and then he said
                    C
"Well, there ain't no way to know".

     D7
The old hand grinned and then he said

                                 G
"Kid, you've still got a ways to go.
The real cowboy's the one in the middle.
        C
He ain't there just by fate.

        D7
'Cause first he don't have to drive, and then

                               G
he don't have to mess with the gate"

               C                     G
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it

            D7                                      G
It's in the way he lives his life and the songs he sings

               C                     G
That's cowboy logic, every cowboy's got it

            D7                               G
He's got a simple solution to just about anything

            D7                               G
He's got a simple solution to just about anything