My Heros Have Always Been Cowboys Chords by Willie Nelson

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I grew up a dream of being a cowboy [G] and loving the cowboy [D] ways _ _ _
_ _ Pursuing the life of my high riding heroes
I [E] _ _ burned up my [A] childhood days _ _
_ [D] I learned all the rules of a modern day drifter _
_ [G] Don't you hold on to nothing [D] too long _ _
_ [G] Just take what you need [D] from the ladies [G] that leave them
[D] With the words [A] of a sad country _ [D] song _ _
[G] My heroes have always [D] been cowboys
And _
_ [E] _ _ they still are [A] it [D] seems
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_ [G] _ Sadly in search _ [D] of and one step [G] in back of [D] themselves
[A] And their slow moving [D] _ dreams _ _
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_ _ Cowboys are special _ _ with their own grand misery
[G] From being alone [D] too long _ _ _
You could die from the cold _ in the arms of a mad man
[E] Knowing well that your best [A] days are gone
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_ Picking up hookers _ instead of my pen
[G] I let the words of my youth [D] fade away
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Oh worn out saddles [D] and oh worn [G] out memories
[D] But no one [A] and no place [D] to stay
_ My _ [G] _
heroes have always been [D] cowboys
And _ [E] _ _
they still are [A] it seems
_ _ [G] _ Sadly in search of [D] and one step in [G] back [D] of themselves
[A] And their slow [D] moving _ dreams _
_ [G] Sadly in search of [D] and one step [G] in back of [D] themselves
[A] And their slow moving [G] dreams _ _ _
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