VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by ScaleSorcery
To learn Thin Lizzy - Cowboy Song chords with lyrics, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: F#, D, A, D, C#m, F#, A, Bm. Set your pace at 68 BPM initially and then sync with the song's BPM of 137. With an eye on the song's key A, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.
A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
I am just a
E cowboy, _ _ _
A _ _ _ lonesome
D on this _ _ _ _ _
A _ .
_ _ starry
C#m night.
I can't find _ the _ _ _
Am howlin' wood,
D the _ _
G _ .
_
A _ _ _ _ coyote
E call.
_ So _
C#m _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _
D _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _
A _ _ _ I ride
C#m out to the
F# old sun
F#m-down.
_ _ _
D _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
C# _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Am _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
D _ .
_ _
A _ _ _ _ _
Bm _ .
_ _ _
A _ _ _ I am
B just
E a cowboy, _
F# _ .
_
D lonesome on the trail.
_ _
A _ .
_ Lord,
C#m I'm just thinkin' bout a
F# certain female.
D _ The _ _
A.
nights we spent
E together, _ _
F#.
we were
D ridin' on the range.
_ _
A _ .
_ Lookin'
C#m back, it
F# seems so
Em strange.
D _ _ _ _ .
Roll me
A over and turn me around.
Bm.
Let the
A heat spin until I hit the ground.
D.
Roll me over
C#m and let me
A go.
D _ .
A Grab me at the rodeo.
I was took in
E Texas, _ _ _
Bm.
F# I did not
D know her name.
_ _
A _ .
_ Lord,
C#m all these southern girls,
F# they seem the
Em same.
D _ _ _ _
A.
Down the low
E corner, _ _
F# in a town in
D Mexico.
_ I
A _ .
got my
C#m job, bustin'
F# rocks for the rodeo.
D _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Roll me over
A and turn me around.
Bm Let the heat spin
A until I hit the ground _ .
D Roll me
A over and let me go _ .
D Runnin'
C#m free
A with the buffalo _ _ .
_ _ _
E _ _ _
F#m _ _ .
_ _
E _
D _ _ _ _
Am _ .
_ _ _
C# _ _ _ _
F#m _ .
_ _ _
D _ _ _
A _ _ .
_ _ _
E _ _
A _ _
F# _ .
_ _ _
D _ _ _ _
A _ .
_ _ _
C# _ _ _ _
F#m _ .
_ _
E _
D _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _
A _ _ _ _ _ .
D _
C#m _ _
A _ _ _ _ _ .
D _ _ _
A _ _ _ _ _ .
D _
C# _
Bm _
A _ _ _ _
D _ .
_ _
A Roll me over _ and _
Bm _
Am _ _
E D I'll turn around.
_
A And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I'll move my
D.
fingers
A up _ _ _ _ _
B and
A down, _ _ _
D _ .
_
A up and down _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ It's
D _ .
_ _ _
C#m _ _ _
A _
Bm _ .
_ _ _
A _ _
B _
A _
D _ .
_ _ _
A _ _ _ _
Bm _ .
_ _ _ _
A _ _ _ _ .
_ okay,
N amigo, _ _ _ just
A let me _ _ go.
N _ .
_
A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Ridin' in the rodeo.
_ _
D _ .
_ _ _
A _ _ _ _
Bm _ .
_ _ _
A _ _
B _
A _
D _ .
_ _ _
C#m Roll _
A _
Bm _ .
_ _
A _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _
E _ _ _ _
F# _ _ .
F#m _ _
D _ _ _ _
A _ _ .
_ _
C#m _ _ _ _
F#m _ _ .
A _ _
D _ _ _ _
A _ _ .
_
F#m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_
D _ _ _ _ _
A _ _ .
_
C#m _ _ _
A _
F# _ _ _ .
_
D _ _ _
A _ _
D me over
A and turn me around.
D Let
E the heat spin
A until I hit the ground.
D _ Roll me over
A and let me go.
_
D _
A Grab me at the rodeo.
_
D Roll me
A over and set me free.
_
E The cowboy's life is the life for
A me _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
N _ .