Chords for Wilf Carter - Broken Down Cowboy (1936).

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I'm just a lone _ _ cowboy, _ [C] I've had my [G] wild sling. _ _
No more in the _
[E] saddle _ [A] will I [D] ever _ swing. _
[G] There's more pal just _ like me, _ waiting [C] the day _ _
When they're all [G] called to _ [E] answer _ [Em] [A] for sins we [G] must _ pay. _
My life was so _ _ happy, [C] I could hardly [G] _ explain _ _
Where hardships are shared, [E] _ I've [A] no one to [D] complain.
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And after the _ _ _ roundup, I'd draw all [C] my pay.
_ No thought [G] of the _ [Em]
future, of [A] some rainy [G] _ day. _ _
I wished I had _ followed _ [C] the straight narrow [G] _ trail _ _
That leads to green _ _
[E] _ pastures [A] or that hidden [D] _ vale.
_ _ [G]
I'd been in the _ lineup _ on that judgment [C] _ day.
_ Now I'm left [G] in the _ [E] darkness _ [Em] [A] and branded [G] _
astray.
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I first went to _ drinking, _ [C] just started [G] for fun. _ _
It led me to _ [E] gambling _ [A] and the use of [D] a gun. _ _
[G] Ten long years in _ _ prison, broke spirit [C] and _ hell. _
Had a someone [G] to guide [E] me, [A] I may have [G] had well. _ _
Now all you young _ _ _ cowboys, take [C] warning [G] _ today. _ _
And follow the _ _
[E] trail or [A] the straight [D] narrow way. _ _
[G] Don't follow the _ footsteps, _ don't [C] start to _ roam. _
I'm a broken [G] down _ [Em] cowboy _ [A] without _ [G] any home. _ _
I'm a broken down _ _ cowboy, no [C] job [G] can I fill. _ _ _
I dread for to _ _ [E] think [A] of that home or [D] the hill. _ _ _
[G] My rainy days are _ _ over, my [A] whole [C] life is _ done. _
From drinking [G] and _
_ [E] gambling, _ [A] that started [G] in fun.
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