Chords for John Denver - I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (from The Wildlife Concert)

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Jesse went away last summer, [G] a couple [D] of months ago
After all our time together, it was [G] hard [D] to see her go
She called me right up when she arrived, [G] asked me one more [D] time to come
But living on an L.A. freeway ain't my kind of having fun _
_ [F] _ [G] I think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy, _ _ [G] I think I'd rather ride [D] the rain
I [G] think I'd rather [D] be a cowboy, than [A] to lay me down [D] in love and ladies' chains
_ We _ _ _ _ _
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were just beginning, [G] it was such an [D] easy way
Laying back up in the mountains, [G] making [D] love for sunny days
She got tired of picking daisy, [G] and cooking my [D] meals for me
She can live the life she wants to, [G] it's alright [D] with me
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather [D] be a cowboy, _ _ [G] I think I'd rather [D] ride the rain
I [G] _ think I'd rather [D] be a cowboy, [A] than lay me down in love and [D] ladies' [G] chains
_ [A] _ I'd rather [G] live on the side of [D] a mountain, [A] than wander through [G] canyons of concrete and [D] steel
_ _ _ [A] I'd rather [G] laugh with the rain and the [D] [Am] sunshine, [B] than lay [A] down [F#] my son [F] down [E] in some [A] jarring field
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_ _ I miss her in the morning, [G] when I [D] awake alone
The absence of her laughter, [G] is a cold and empty [D] sound
Her memory always makes me smile, [G] and I [A] want you to [D] know
I love her, yes I love her, [G] just enough to let her [D] go
I _ [G] think I'd rather be [Dm] a cowboy, _ _ [G] I think I'd rather [D] ride the rain
[Dm] _ _ [G] I think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy, _ [A] than lay me down in love and [D] ladies' chains
I [G] think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy, _ _ [G] I think I'd rather [D] ride the rain
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather [D] be a cowboy, [A] than lay me down in love [D] and ladies' chains
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