Christmas For Cowboys

Words & Music by Steve Weisberg
sung by John Denver
on Rocky Mountain Christmas (1975)


	This is the tablature as I find it by playing my guitar. 
One is expected to play the INTRO first, PART 1 and PART 2 to be 
played during the first and the second part of each verse, 
the INTRO between the verses and the INTERLUDE between the third 
verse and the last one. After the last verse, one have to play 
the ENDING.  

						Fabio Zucca



 |                INTRO                          |        Part 1     

 |  F  |     C     | Am  |  F  |     C           |  F  |  C  |  G  |  Am |  

  1---0-0-----------0-----1---3-0-------0---0-----1-1---0-0---3-----0-0--
  1-----1-----0-1-3-1-----1-----1-----01--3-1-----1---1-1---1-0-----1---1
  2-----0---0-------2-----2-----0---0-------0-----2-----0-----0-----2----
  3-----2-----------2-----3-----2-------------0-2-3----------------------
  ------------------------------------------3-----------3-------0-2-0----
  ------------------------------------------------------------3----------


   Part 1                 |               Part 2                          |

  |  F  |  C  |  G  |  C  |  F  |  C  |  G  |  Am |  F  |  C  |  G  |  C  |

  -1-1---0-0---3-----------1-1---0-0---3-----0-0---1-1---0-0---3-----------
  -1---1-1---1-0-----------1---1-1---1-0-----1---1-1---1-1---1-0-----------
  -2-----0-----0-----------2-----0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----------
  -3-------------------0-2-3-----------------------3-------------------0-2-
  -------3-------0-2-3-----------3-------0-2-0-----------3-------0-2-3-----
  -------------3-----------------------3-----------------------3-----------


 |                INTERLUDE                      |

 |  F  |  C  |  G  |  Am |  F  |  C  |  G  |  C  |
  1-1---0-0---3-----0-0---1-1---0-0---3-----0-----
  1---1-1---1-0-----1---1-1---1-1---1-0-----1-----
  2-----0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----
  3-----------------------3-----------------------
  ------3-------0-2-0-----------3-------0-2-3-----
  ------------3-----------------------3-----------


 |                 ENDING                      |

 |  F  |     C     | Am  |  F  |     C         |

  1---0-0-----------0-----1---3-0-------0-3---0
  1-----1-----0-1-3-1-----1-----1-----01------1
  2-----0---0-------2-----2-----0---0---------0
  3-----2-----------2-----3-----2--------------
  --------------------------------------------3
  ---------------------------------------------



Intro:   F  C  Am  F  C  

 F           C          G              Am
Tall in the saddle we spend Christmas day
  F          C              G            C
Driving the cattle on the snow-covered plains.
 F           C          G              Am
All of the good gifts given today;
  F          C              G            C
Ours is the sky and the wide open range.

 F  C  Am  F  C

 F           C          G              Am
Back in the cities, they have different ways,
  F          C              G            C
Football and eggnog and Christmas parades.
 F           C          G              Am
I'll take the blanket; I'll take the reins;
  F          C              G            C
Christmas for Cowboys and wide open plains.

 F  C  Am  F  C

 F           C          G              Am
A campfire for warmth as we stop for the night;
  F          C              G            C
The stars overhead are the Christmas-tree lights.
 F           C          G              Am
The wind sings a hymn as we bow down to pray;
  F          C              G            C
Christmas for Cowboys and the wide open plains.

Interlude: F  C  G  Am  F  C  G  C
	  Mmmmmm.....mmmmm...

 F           C          G              Am
It's tall in the saddle we spend Christmas Day,
  F          C              G            C
Driving the cattle on the snow-covered plains.
 F           C          G              Am
So many gifts have been opened today;
  F          C              G            C
Ours is the sky and the wide open range.
  F          C              G            C
It's Christmas for Cowboys and wide open plains.

Ending: F  C  Am  F  C