Cowboy Jack Chords by The Carter Family

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He was _ just a lonely [Eb] cowboy _ _ _ [F] with a heart so _ brave [Bb] and true.
_ _ He learned to _ [Eb] love a maiden _ _ _ [F] with eyes of _ [Bb] heaven's own _ blue. _ _ _ _
They _ learned to love [Eb] each _ other _ [F] and name their wedding [Bb] _ _ day.
_ When a _ quarrel came [Eb] between them _ [F] and _ Jackie [Bb] _ rode away.
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_ _ He joined a band [Eb] of _ cowboys _ [F] and tried to forget [Bb] her _ name.
_ _ But out on the lonely [Eb] _ _
prairie _ she [F] _
waits for [Bb] him to say.
_ _ _ One _ _ _ night when _ [Eb] work was _ finished _ [F] just at the close [Bb] of day. _
_ _ Someone said _ [Eb] sing a song Jack [F] will _ drive no [Bb] cares away. _
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_ _ When he reached [Eb] the prairie _ _ [F] he _ found a new _ [Bb] maiden found. _
_ His friends they [Eb] sadly told him [F] they had laid his [Bb] loved one down. _
_ _ _ _ They said as she [Eb] was dying _ _ [F] she _ breathed her _ _ [Bb]
sweetheart's name. _ _
And asked them [Eb] with her life's breath to [F] _ tell him [Bb] when he came. _ _ _
_ _ Your sweetheart _ waits [Eb] for you Jack _ [F] your sweetheart _ waits [Bb] for _ you.
_ _ Out on the lonely [Eb] _ prairie _ _ [F] where the skies are _ [Bb] always blue.
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