Chords for I'd Rather Be A Cowboy by John Denver

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[D] _ _ _ _ Jessie 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 [G] one more [D] time to come.
Living on an L.A. freeway ain't my kind of having fun.
I _
[G] think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy. _ _ _
[G] I think I'd rather ride [D] a plane. _
[G] I think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy. _
[A] Than to lay me down and look through [D] these chains. _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ We were just beginning, [G] it was such an [D] easy way.
Laying back up in the mountains, making [G] songs for [D] sunny days.
She got tired of being daisies, [G] cooking my [D] meals for me.
She can live the life she wants to, yes, it's [G] alright [D] with me.
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy.
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather ride [D] a plane.
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy.
[A] Than to lay me down and look through these [G] chains.
[E] _ _ [A] I'd rather live on [G] a sand _
[D] mountain.
[A] Than wander through [G] canyons upon the cream [D] of sea.
_ _ _ [A] I'd rather laugh [G] with the rain and [D] sunshine.
[C] Than lay [G] down my son [E] down in some [A] slurry field. _ _ _ _
Oh, [D] but I miss her in the morning when I wake alone.
The absence of her laughter is a cold and empty sound.
But her memory always makes me smile, [D] you know.
I love her, yes I love her, just enough to let her go.
I _ [G] think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy.
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather ride [D] a plane.
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy.
_ [A] Than to lay me down and look through [D] these chains.
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy.
_ [G] I think I'd rather ride [D] a plane.
[G] I think I'd rather be a [D] cowboy.
_ [A] Than to lay me down and look through [D] these chains.
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