Chords for Tammy Wynette-Thank The Cowboy For The Ride

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He was pushing seven [Db] and I was barely five
When [Eb] he rode up on his broomstick horse and [Ab] said you want to ride _
His boots made a funny sound
[Db] They were his daddy [Bbm]
sighs [Eb] his hat kept slipping down below [Ab] his eyes _ _
[Db] We rode off in [Eb] the sunset down [Ab] the sidewalk _
[Db] I laughed at [Eb] him
Every time [Ab] he talked _ [Db] his two front teeth [Eb] were missing, but [Ab] he had the [Db] cutest smile
_ [Eb] And I thank the cowboy for [Ab] the ride
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He was 17
[Db] The next time he showed up [Eb] and I had never seen [Ab] inside a pickup truck
_ Oh, he was tall and handsome
smiling cuter than [Bbm] before
[Eb] And he'd grown up to fit the boots [Ab] he wore
_ [Db] We rode off [Eb] in the sunset [Ab] down the highway
_ [Db] We took our [Eb] time getting [Ab] home the back way
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Later [Eb] on in the front porch [Ab] swing he pulled me [Db] to his side _
_ [Eb] And I thank the cowboy [Ab] for the ride _
_ _ _ _ He'd loved me since a child [Db] and I'd always felt the same
[Eb] So we settled down and hitched our [Ab] dreams together
_ We raised two broomstick cowboys [Db] one little [Bbm] cowboy girl
[Eb] To know God thanks the sun sets [Ab] of the world
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Well, he's almost 67.
[Eb] I
Admit to 39 [F] he loves me like a child and I [Bb] still feel the same
But he smiles a little slower
[Eb] at the twinkle in [Cm] my
[F] But we still saddle up from [Bb] time to _ time
[Eb] We ride off [F] in the sunset [Bb] in the evening
_ [Eb] Start to [F] cry if we'd [Bb] never seen them I
[Eb] Wanna [F] _
[Bb] sleep [Eb] at night.
_ [F] I love you cowboy.
Thank you for [Bb] the ride.
_ [Eb] I love you [F] cowboy
Thank you [Bb] for the ride
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