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Getting Started - by FretboardFantasy
To learn Toby Keith - Shouldve Been A Cowboy chords with lyrics, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: G, C, G, D, G, D, C, D. For best results, commence at 67 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 136. For a balanced sound, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: G.
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D _ _ .
C _ _
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D _
G _ .
C _ _
D How
G did you
D never heard
C old
D Marcia Dillon
G say,.
D Miss
C Kitty have you
D ever thought of running
G away?.
D.
Settling
C D down would you marry
G me?.
D If I asked
C you twice
D and begged you pretty
G please?.
D.
She'd
C have said
D yes in a New
G York minute.
They never tried
C to
D not,
G God was a
D minute.
He just stole
C a
D kiss as he rode away.
G He
D never hung
C his hat up at Kitty's place.
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G I should have been a cowboy.
D _
C I
D should have learned
G to road
D C run.
_ _
D _
G Wearing
D my six shoe,
C riding
G my pony on a cattle _
C drive.
_
D Steaming a
G.
young
D girl's heart.
C _
D Just _
G _ .
D like Jean
C and Roy.
D Singing
G those
D campfire
C songs.
Oh,
D I
G should have been a cowboy.
_
D _
C _ I
G might have had a
D C sidekick with a funny
D name.
G Running wild
D through the hills,
C chasing
D Jesse
G James.
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D Ending up on
C the
D brink of danger.
G D Riding shotguns
C for the
D Texas Rangers.
G Go West, young man,
C haven't you
D been told?.
G _
D California's full of whiskey,
G women and gold.
I was sleeping out
D all night
C beneath the
D desert
G stars.
With a
D dream in my eye and
C a prayer in my heart.
_ _ I should have
G been a
D cowboy.
_
C I
D.
should have
G learned to road
D run.
_
C _ _
D _ .
G Wearing
D my six
C shoe, riding
D my pony
G on a cattle
D _
C drive.
_
D.
Steaming
G a young
D girl's heart.
C _ _
D.
Just
G _
D like Jean
C and Roy.
D.
Singing
G those
D campfire
C songs.
D Oh, I should have been
G a
D cowboy.
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C I _ .
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D _ _
C _ _
D _ .
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D _ _
C _ _
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D _ _
C _ _
D _ .
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D _ _
C _ _ _ .
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G.
should have been a
D cowboy.
_
C I
D.
should have
G learned to road
D run.
C _ _
G _ .
I'd be wearing
D my six
C shoe, riding
D my
G pony on a cattle _ _
C drive.
G.
Steaming a young
D girl's heart.
C _
D Just _
G _
D like Jean
C and Roy.
G.
Singing those
D campfire
C songs.
G Oh, I should have been a cowboy.
D _ _
C _
G Yeah, I should have been a cowboy.
D _ _
C I
D.
should have
G been a
D cowboy.
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