Chords for John Denver: I'd Rather Be A Cowboy (Lady's Chains)

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_ Jessie went away last summer, a couple of months ago.
After a long time together, it was hard to see her go.
She called me right up when she [A] arrived, asked me one [D] more time to come.
Living on an LFB way ain't my kind of having fun.
_ _ [E] [G] I think I'd rather [D] be a cowboy.
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather [D] ride a mule.
[G] I think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy.
_ [A] Than put any doubt in the [D] ladies' chains.
_ [G] We [D] _ _ _
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_ _ were just beginning, it was such an easy way.
Laying back up in the mountains, making songs for sunny days.
She got tired of the pen daisies, cooking my meals for me.
She can live the life she wants to, it's alright with me.
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy.
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather ride [D] a mule.
_ [G] I think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy.
Than [A] put any doubt in the ladies' chains.
_ [B] _ _ [A] I'd rather live [G] on a [D] silent mountain.
Than wander through canyons of [G] concrete and speed.
_ _ [E] _ [A] I'd rather laugh with the rain and [D] sunshine.
Than lay down [G] my son [E] down in some [A] slurry feed. _ _ _ _
_ Oh, but [D] 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, you know.
I love her, yes I love her, just enough to let her go.
_ I [G] _ think I'd rather [D] be a cowboy.
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather ride [D] a mule.
[G] I think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy.
[A] Than put any doubt in the [D] ladies' chains.
_ _ [G] I think I'd rather be [D] a cowboy.
_ [G] I think I'd rather _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ be a [D] cowboy.
_ Than [A] put any doubt in the ladies' chains. _ _ _ _ _ _
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