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] were _ riding back to our camp.
We were riding back to have [A] ourselves a party.
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_ Celebrate the [Em] ride _ _ [A] of the train.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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_ _ [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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