Tonalité : G major
Verse 1
G
Em
I coulda been most anything
C
D
G
I put my mind to be,
A
C
But a cowboy's life was
G
D
the only life for me.
G
B
It's a strong man's occupation
C
Am
ridin' herd and livin' free,
Em
A
But strong men often fail
Em
A
Where shrewd men can prevail,
C
G
Am
I'm an old man now with
D
nothin' left to say,
C
G
Am
G
D
But oh god how I worked
G
my youth away.
Verse 2
G
Em
Well you may not recognize my face,
C
D
G
I used to be a star,
A
C
G
D
A cowboy hero known both near and far.
G
B
I perched upon a silver mount
C
Am
and sang with my guitar,
Em
A
But the studio of course,
Em
A
owned my saddle and my horse,
C
But that six-gun on on the
Am
D
wall belongs to me,
C
G
Am
G
D
Oh god I can't live
a memory.
G
Verse 3
Em
You know I'd like to put my finger
C
D
G
on that trigger once again,
A
C
G
D
And point that gun at all the prideful men.
G
B
All the voyeurs and the lawyers
C
Am
who can pull a fountain pen,
Em
A
And put you where they choose,
Em
A
With the language that they use,
C
Em
Am
An d enslave you till you
D
work your youth away,
C
Em
Am
G
C
Oh god how I worked my
D
youth away.
Verse 4
G
Em
Whoopee ty yioh
G
Em
Whoopee ty yi ay,
G
E
A
D
One man's work is another man's play
C
G
Am
G
D
G
Oh God how I worked my youth away.
Verse 5
G
D
Em
You see I always liked the notion
C
D
G
of a cowboy fighting crime,
A
C
G
This photograph was taken in my prime,
D
G
B
I could beat those desperados but
C
Am
there's no sense fightin' time,
Em
A
But the singin' was a ball
Em
A
'Cause I'm not musical at all,
C
Em
Am
D
I moved my lips to someone else's
G
Em
C
D
G
A
C
G
D
voice.
Verse 6
G
Em
I coulda been most anything
C
D
G
I put my mind to be,
A
C
But a cowboy's life was
G
D
the only life for me.
G
B
It's a strong man's occupation
C
Am
ridin' herd and livin' free,
Em
A
But strong men often fail
Em
A
Where shrewd men can prevail,
C
G
Am
I'm an old man now with
D
nothin' left to say,
C
G
Am
C
D
But oh god how I worked my youth away.
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