Unusual chord:
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   Jessie went away last summer a couple of months ago
			 A4            D               A
   after all our time together it was hard to see her go
			          A4                D		      A
   She called me right up when she arrived asked me one more time to come
		      A4              D		     A
   living on a L.A. freeway ain't my kind of having fun

      D                          A
	I think I'd rather be a cowboy
      D                              A
	I think I'd rather ride the range
      D                          A
	I think I'd rather be a cowboy
	         E              E7               A      A4  D  A  A4  D  A
	Than to lay me down in love and lady's chains.

			A4             D            A
   When we were just beginning it was such an easy way
 			  A4                D		    A
   layin' back up in the mountains singin' songs for sunny days
			         A4          D		          A
   But she got tired of pickin' daisies and cooking my meals for me
			      A4                D		     A
   she can live the life she wants to, yes, and it's all right with me

      D                          A
	I think I'd rather be a cowboy
      D                              A
	I think I'd rather ride the range
      D                          A
	I think I'd rather be a cowboy
	         E              E7               A      
	Than to lay me down in love and lady's chains.
 
  E           		     D           A
     I'd rather live on the side of the mountains
           E                         D             A
     than wander trhough canyons of concrete and steel
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     I'd rather laugh with the rain and the sunshine
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     and lay down my sundown in some starry field

	      A 	      A4          D	    A
   Oh, but I miss her in the mornin' when I awake alone
			   A4            D		A
   and the absence of her laughter is a cold and empty sound
			  A4                D		    A
   But her memory always makes me smile and I want you to know
		       A4             D		       A
   I love her, yes, I love her just enough to let her go

      D                          A
	I think I'd rather be a cowboy
      D                              A
	I think I'd rather ride the range
      D                          A
	I think I'd rather be a cowboy
	         E              E7               A      
	Than to lay me down in love and lady's chains.

      D                          A
	I think I'd rather be a cowboy
      D                              A
	I think I'd rather ride the range
      D                          A
	I think I'd rather be a cowboy
	         E              E7               A      
	Than to lay me down in love and lady's chains.

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