The Old Cow Man Chords by Don Edwards
Tempo:
80.2 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Eb
Gm
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb] .
[F] [Bb] .
I rode across the valley range [Eb] I hadn't seen [Bb] for years.
The trail was all so spolten strange It nearly fetched [F] the tears.
I [Bb] had to let ten fences down [Eb] The fussy lanes [Bb] ran wrong.
And each new line would make me frown [F] And hum [Bb] this morning song.
[Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] here [F] I'm stretching [Bb] of the wire The [Gm] urban brand [Bb] is on the land I reckon [F] I'll retire.
And [Dm] [Eb] while progress toots [Bb] her greedy horn [Gm] And makes her motor [Eb] buzz.
[Bb] I thanks the Lord I wasn't born [F] No later than [Bb] I was.
It was good to live when all the sod [Eb] Without no fence [Bb] or fuss .
Belonged in partnership with God Mother Nature [F] and to us .
[Bb] Where skylines bound from east to west [Eb] And room to go and [Bb] come.
I loved my fellow man the best [F] When he was [Bb] scattered some.
[Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] closer [F] and closer [Bb] across the wire Why [Gm] there's hardly played [Bb] a step away.
To call a man [F] a liar [Eb] Their house has locks [Bb] on every door.
[Gm] Their land is in [Eb] a crate [Bb] These ain't the plains of God no more.
[F] It's only real [Bb] estate When [F] [Gm] [Dm] [Eb] .
[Bb] [F] [Bb] my old soul hunts range and rest.
[Eb] Beyond the last [Bb] divide Just plant me in some stretch of west.
Sunny, lone, [F] and wide [Bb] Let cattle rub the tombstone round.
[Eb] And coyotes mourn [Bb] their kin Let horses come and paw the mound.
[F] But don't you [Bb] fence it in [Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] far [F] and farther [Bb] flings the wire.
[Gm] To crowd and pinch [Bb] another inch It's all their hearts [F] desire.
The [Eb] world is [Bb] overstocked with men [Gm] And some will see [Eb] the day.
[Bb] When each must keep his little pen [F] But I'll be far [Bb] away .
[Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] hmm, .
[F] hmm, [Bb] [Gm] .
[Bb] hmm, hmm, [F] hmm .
[Eb] Wild progress toots [Bb] her greedy horn [Gm] And makes her motor [Eb] buzz.
[Bb] Thanks the Lord I wasn't born [F] No later than [Bb] I [Bb] was.
[F] [Bb] .
I rode across the valley range [Eb] I hadn't seen [Bb] for years.
The trail was all so spolten strange It nearly fetched [F] the tears.
I [Bb] had to let ten fences down [Eb] The fussy lanes [Bb] ran wrong.
And each new line would make me frown [F] And hum [Bb] this morning song.
[Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] here [F] I'm stretching [Bb] of the wire The [Gm] urban brand [Bb] is on the land I reckon [F] I'll retire.
And [Dm] [Eb] while progress toots [Bb] her greedy horn [Gm] And makes her motor [Eb] buzz.
[Bb] I thanks the Lord I wasn't born [F] No later than [Bb] I was.
It was good to live when all the sod [Eb] Without no fence [Bb] or fuss .
Belonged in partnership with God Mother Nature [F] and to us .
[Bb] Where skylines bound from east to west [Eb] And room to go and [Bb] come.
I loved my fellow man the best [F] When he was [Bb] scattered some.
[Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] closer [F] and closer [Bb] across the wire Why [Gm] there's hardly played [Bb] a step away.
To call a man [F] a liar [Eb] Their house has locks [Bb] on every door.
[Gm] Their land is in [Eb] a crate [Bb] These ain't the plains of God no more.
[F] It's only real [Bb] estate When [F] [Gm] [Dm] [Eb] .
[Bb] [F] [Bb] my old soul hunts range and rest.
[Eb] Beyond the last [Bb] divide Just plant me in some stretch of west.
Sunny, lone, [F] and wide [Bb] Let cattle rub the tombstone round.
[Eb] And coyotes mourn [Bb] their kin Let horses come and paw the mound.
[F] But don't you [Bb] fence it in [Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] far [F] and farther [Bb] flings the wire.
[Gm] To crowd and pinch [Bb] another inch It's all their hearts [F] desire.
The [Eb] world is [Bb] overstocked with men [Gm] And some will see [Eb] the day.
[Bb] When each must keep his little pen [F] But I'll be far [Bb] away .
[Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] hmm, .
[F] hmm, [Bb] [Gm] .
[Bb] hmm, hmm, [F] hmm .
[Eb] Wild progress toots [Bb] her greedy horn [Gm] And makes her motor [Eb] buzz.
[Bb] Thanks the Lord I wasn't born [F] No later than [Bb] I [Bb] was.
Key:
Bb
F
Eb
Gm
Dm
Bb
F
Eb
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ .
I rode across the valley range [Eb] I hadn't seen [Bb] for years.
The trail was all so spolten strange It nearly fetched [F] the tears.
I [Bb] had to let ten fences down [Eb] The fussy lanes [Bb] ran wrong.
And each new line would make me frown [F] And hum [Bb] this morning song.
_ _ [Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] here [F] I'm stretching [Bb] of the wire The [Gm] urban brand [Bb] is on the land I reckon [F] I'll retire.
And [Dm] [Eb] while progress toots [Bb] her greedy horn [Gm] And makes her motor [Eb] buzz.
[Bb] I thanks the Lord I wasn't born [F] No later than [Bb] I was.
_ _ _ _ It was good to live when all the sod [Eb] Without no fence [Bb] or fuss _ .
Belonged in partnership with God Mother Nature [F] and to us _ .
_ [Bb] Where skylines bound from east to west [Eb] And room to go and [Bb] come.
I loved my fellow man the best [F] When he was [Bb] scattered some.
_ _ _ [Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] closer [F] and closer [Bb] across the wire _ Why [Gm] there's hardly played [Bb] a step away.
To call a man [F] a liar _ _ [Eb] Their house has locks [Bb] on every door.
[Gm] Their land is in [Eb] a crate [Bb] These ain't the plains of God no more.
[F] It's only real [Bb] estate When [F] _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ .
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] my old soul hunts range and rest.
[Eb] Beyond the last [Bb] divide Just plant me in some stretch of west.
Sunny, lone, [F] and wide _ _ [Bb] Let cattle rub the tombstone round.
[Eb] And coyotes mourn [Bb] their kin Let horses come and paw the mound.
[F] But don't you [Bb] fence it in _ _ [Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] far [F] and farther [Bb] flings the wire.
_ _ [Gm] To crowd and pinch [Bb] another inch It's all their hearts [F] desire.
The [Eb] world is [Bb] overstocked with men [Gm] And some will see [Eb] the day.
[Bb] When each must keep his little pen [F] But I'll be far [Bb] away _ .
_ [Gm] Hmm, _ [Dm] hmm, [Eb] hmm, _ .
[F] hmm, [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ .
[Bb] hmm, hmm, [F] hmm _ .
[Eb] Wild progress toots [Bb] her greedy horn [Gm] And makes her motor [Eb] buzz.
[Bb] Thanks the Lord I wasn't born [F] No later than [Bb] I [Bb] was.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ .
I rode across the valley range [Eb] I hadn't seen [Bb] for years.
The trail was all so spolten strange It nearly fetched [F] the tears.
I [Bb] had to let ten fences down [Eb] The fussy lanes [Bb] ran wrong.
And each new line would make me frown [F] And hum [Bb] this morning song.
_ _ [Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] here [F] I'm stretching [Bb] of the wire The [Gm] urban brand [Bb] is on the land I reckon [F] I'll retire.
And [Dm] [Eb] while progress toots [Bb] her greedy horn [Gm] And makes her motor [Eb] buzz.
[Bb] I thanks the Lord I wasn't born [F] No later than [Bb] I was.
_ _ _ _ It was good to live when all the sod [Eb] Without no fence [Bb] or fuss _ .
Belonged in partnership with God Mother Nature [F] and to us _ .
_ [Bb] Where skylines bound from east to west [Eb] And room to go and [Bb] come.
I loved my fellow man the best [F] When he was [Bb] scattered some.
_ _ _ [Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] closer [F] and closer [Bb] across the wire _ Why [Gm] there's hardly played [Bb] a step away.
To call a man [F] a liar _ _ [Eb] Their house has locks [Bb] on every door.
[Gm] Their land is in [Eb] a crate [Bb] These ain't the plains of God no more.
[F] It's only real [Bb] estate When [F] _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _ [Eb] _ _ .
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] my old soul hunts range and rest.
[Eb] Beyond the last [Bb] divide Just plant me in some stretch of west.
Sunny, lone, [F] and wide _ _ [Bb] Let cattle rub the tombstone round.
[Eb] And coyotes mourn [Bb] their kin Let horses come and paw the mound.
[F] But don't you [Bb] fence it in _ _ [Gm] Hmm, [Dm] hmm, [Eb] far [F] and farther [Bb] flings the wire.
_ _ [Gm] To crowd and pinch [Bb] another inch It's all their hearts [F] desire.
The [Eb] world is [Bb] overstocked with men [Gm] And some will see [Eb] the day.
[Bb] When each must keep his little pen [F] But I'll be far [Bb] away _ .
_ [Gm] Hmm, _ [Dm] hmm, [Eb] hmm, _ .
[F] hmm, [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ .
[Bb] hmm, hmm, [F] hmm _ .
[Eb] Wild progress toots [Bb] her greedy horn [Gm] And makes her motor [Eb] buzz.
[Bb] Thanks the Lord I wasn't born [F] No later than [Bb] I [Bb] was.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .