Willie Nelson – My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (Guitar)

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---------------------------------- performed by Willie Nelson This song is in 3/4 time. It sounds best if you hit the bass note of the chord on the first beat of each measure. You might want to put in some bass runs like A-B-C#-D between A and D chords where it sounds right. [Intro] D [Verse 1]
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I grew up dreaming of being a cowboy

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  And loving the cowboy ways

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 Pursuing the life of my high riding heroes

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   I burned up my childhood days

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  I learned all the rules of a modern day drifter

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 Don't you hold on to nothing too long

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 Just take what you need from the ladies and leave them

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

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   And they still are it seems

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 Sadly in search of and one step in back of

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Themselves and their slow moving dreams
[Verse 2]
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 Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery

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From being alone too long

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You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightman

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Knowing well that your best days are gone

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  Picking up hookers instead of my pen

          G                       D
I let the words of my youth fade away

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 Old worn out saddles and old worn out memories

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

E7                       A7
   And they still are it seems

G                       D            G
 Sadly in search of and one step in back of

    D                A7          D
Themselves and their slow moving dreams

G                      D            G
Sadly in search of and one step in back of

    D                A7          D
Themselves and their slow moving dreams