Song For Jake Chords by Dave Stamey

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_ I [A] am an old cowboy, _ _ _ [G] _
I don't ride [D] much no more.
_ _ [Bm] _ [D] _ _
_ I came to [A] this valley [C#m] _ right [G] _
_ _ _ after [D] the war. _ _ _ _ _
_ I used [A] to [B] shoe [Bm] horses and _ [G] _
_ there's some saddles [D] I built. _ _ _ _ _
And I rode [A] after cattle _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ all over [D] these hills.
[G] _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ Started out [A] at the pitchfork [C#m] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] when I was thirteen.
_ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ Riding [A] young horses, _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ riding [D] my dreams. _ _ _ _
_ And them old [C#] [B] hands they taught [Bm] me, _ [G] _
_ all it takes [D] is some nerve.
_ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ Just throw [A] a leg over and ride what [G] you ride for all [D] that it's worth.
[G] _ [F#] _ [E] _ [D] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ [A] _
_ _ Some [G] folks regret _ the [D] lives they lead.
_ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C#] They [B] stare [Bm] out the window, [G] _
_ _ they yearn [D] to be free. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [F#] _
I _ live the life that was given [Bm] to _ _ [D] me.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] And I threw a leg [A] over and rode it for all it [Bm] was worth.
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ Yes, _ [D] I rode it _ [A] _ _ _
_ for all it was [G]
worth.
[F#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _
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_ I was blue [A]-eyed and wind-burned, _ [Em] _ [G] _
I was every [D] girl's dream. _ _ _ _ _
_ Wild steers [A] on the mountain _ where _ [G] _
_ the buck brush [D] was green.
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
And though some [A] [B] days were [Bm] dark ones, _ [G] _
when at old North [D] Wind blew,
I _ _ _ _ just gathered [A]
my reins _ _ [G] _
_ and I [D] rode it through.
_ [G] _ [F#] _ [Em] _ [D] _
_ _ _ Time [A] comes creeping _ [C#m] to _ [G] _
_ _ _ wipe [D] out your tracks.
_ [G] _ [A] _ _
[D] _ But if your [A] trail's been a good one, _ [C#m] _ _ _
[G] _ you don't mind [D] looking back. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Dreams [C#]
[B] are like [Bm] horses, _ _ _
[G] _ they run wild on [D] the earth. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Catch [A] one and ride it _ _ [G] _
_ _ for all [D] that it's worth.
[G] _ [F#] _ [E] _ [D] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ [B] _ [A] _
_ _ Some folks [G] regret _ the lives they [D] lead. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] They [Bm] stare out the window, [G] _
how they yearn [D] to be free.
_ [Bm] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
I _ live the life that was given _ [Bm]
to _ [D] me.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] And I threw a leg over [A] and rode it for all it [B] was worth.
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [D] Yes, I rode it _ _ [A] _ _
_ for all [G] it was worth.
[D] _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
_ I am an [A] old cowboy, _ _ _ _ [G] _
I don't ride much [D] no more. _ _ _ _
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