Standard (EADGBE)

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Jesse went away last summer, a couple of months ago

 After all our time together, it was hard to see her go

 She called me right up when she arrived, asked me one more time

 to come

 Livin^? on an L.A. freeway, ain^?t my kind of havin^? fun

I think I^?d rather be a cowboy

I think I^?d rather ride the range

I think I^?d rather be a cowboy

 Than to lay me down in love and lady^?s chains

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When we were just beginning, it was such and easy way

 Layin^? back up in the mountains, singin^? songs for sunny

days

 But she got tired of pickin^? daisies and cookin^? my meals for

me

 She can live the life she wants to, yes, and it^?s all right with

me

I think I^?d rather be a cowboy

I think I^?d rather ride the range

I think I^?d rather be a cowboy

 Than to lay me down in love and lady^?s chains

I^?d rather live on the side of a mountain

 Than wander through canyons of concrete and steel

I^?d rather laugh with the rain and sun shine

 And lay down my sundown in some starry field

Oh, but I miss her in the mornin^?, when I awake alone

 And the absence of her laughter is a cold and empty sound

 But her memory always makes me smile and I want you to know

 I love her, yes I love her just enough to let her go

I think I^?d rather be a cowboy

I think I^?d rather ride the range

I think I^?d rather be a cowboy

 Than to lay me down in love and lady^?s chains

I think I^?d rather be a cowboy

I think I^?d rather ride the range

I think I^?d rather be a cowboy

 Than to lay me down in love and lady^?s chains