Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Let's have a hand for that young cowboy

 And wish him better luck next time.

 I hope we'll see him up in Fargo

 Or somewhere farther down the line

 This time he sure drew a bad one

 One that nobody could ride

 By the way he pulled his hat on

 You know he'd be there for the fight

Chorus

 And it's the classic contra- diction [GD]

 The unavoidable aff- liction.

 And it don't take much to pre- dict, son

 The way it always goes

 'Cause one day she says she loves you [GD]

 And the next she'll be tired of you

 N' push'll always come to shove you

 On that midnight rode- o

Instrumental

 He almost made it to the buzzer

 Somehow he gave up in the end

 He put one hand around the other

 And let that pick-up man on in

 It was his last chance to ride it

 Now he'll have to move a- long

 But he knows back in his mind, that

 He won't be away for long

Chorus

 So let's have a hand for that young cowboy [GD]

 And wish him better luck next time

 I hope we'll see him up in Fargo

 Or somewhere farther down the line