Cowboy Movie Chords by David Crosby

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[A] [D] [G] We [E].
were riding [Em] back [A] to our camp.
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[E] We were [Em] feeling very .
[A] fine.
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The air was clear [A] and [D] slightly damp.
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[E] [Em] [A] We .
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[A] [D] .
[E] were riding back to our camp.
We were riding back to have [A] ourselves a party.
[D] [E] .
Celebrate the [Em] ride [A] of the train.
[D] [E].
We were talking kind of low [Am] and [A] lazy.
[D] [Em] About not having to go out soon [A] again.
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[E] Oh yes, we were.
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[A] [G] [E] You know, we hadn't [Em] been back at home [A] two hours.
[D] [Em] We [E] heard a heart [Em] cry out in [A] the night.
[D] [A] And you [E] know [Em] that's a signal from young Billy, [A] who's our center.
[D] [E] Something .
[Em] here ain't exactly [A] .
right.
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[C] [D] [Em] [Am] .
Some of our hearts [E] [A] .
[Am] stumbled out of a hole.
Two minutes, flat whip bound.
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[D#] [C] [A] An Indian [G] [A] .
[G] girl [A] all [G] alone.
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[Em] And Eli [A] said, let's take her back to the [D] [G] tavern.
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[Em] I said, you don't know she [A] might be the lawyer.
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[E] She said, [Em] smiling kind of [A] nasty.
[G] [E] It ain't too damn [Em] nice for she to be [A] to the draw.
[D] [Em] [E] .
[Em] We [A] .
[D] [G] [A] [E] .
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[D] [G] [E] were walking [Em] there through the [D] [A] dark.
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[D] [G] [E] I heard the Duke, he's a [Em] dynamite of [A] same.
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[E] Said, what's [Em] your name, sweet [A] little Indian [D] girl?
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She [Em] said, slavery, she said, Lord, I [A] heard [G] .
[Em] it.
What you know?
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[A] And I [D] said, so?.
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[A] [D] [Em] Now, Eli, he's a [A] bastard's gonna.
[D] [Em] Got a million young [A] from the back.
[Em] [E] .
He said, [Em] sad Alvin, you're getting kind of [A] old and weird [D] now.
[Em] You better get your, well, get your, shut [A] your mouth, Al.
[D] [Em] And I said, [A] .
[Em] no, honey.
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[Em] Now, Eli and the Duke, they got [A] that through it.
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[E] The East wanted that [Em] Indian girl for [A] their own.
[D] [E] .
[Em] When they finally got around to [A] asking her,.
[D] [E] you don't say, said, [Em] you're gonna take your girl [A].
home.
[D] [E] Oh, [Em] no.
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[D] [Em] Eli said, it'd kill you.
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[G] It'd kill [E] the Duke, [Em] and it'd probably [A] do you.
[D] And [Em] .
the Indian girl, she said, go [A] ahead.
[D] [G] [E] I said, [Em] I think she bit my [A] thumb nearly clean through.
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[Em] And when they finally got her to [A] break down her jaw, .
[Em] I spit my face [A] up with blood from my tongue.
[Em] I laid down on the floor and played real [A] good by the law.
[Bm] [B] You know, [Em] I'm crazy, but I ain't [A] real strong.
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[G] [A] Now, [E] I'm dying to tell [A] the girl [G] that I [E] must be the [Em] sorry,.
sorry that she [D] held me [A] so.
[Em] .
[E] You know, the reason I'm the [Em] only man that's here to [A] tell her.
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You [Em] know that Indian girl, she wasn't an Indian.
[D] [A] She was the law.
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[E] [Em] Oh, no.
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