Old Cowboys Like Me Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays538

Old Cowboys Like Me by Red Steagall is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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16
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  			Old Cowboys like me     (Red Steagall) 
4/4 
 
(C) Lord I'm just a cowboy 
(F) And you know cowboy ways 
(C) You probably look at guys like me 
The way I  look at (G)strays 
(C) You know the kind that wonder off 
(F) Away from all the herd 
(C) I was truely lost myself 
(G) Until I found the (C) word 
 
(F) My church is the great (G) out of doors 
(C) My song is natures sound 
(F) The sky is my (C) cathedral 
My alter is the (G) ground 
(F) You must be fond of (C) mavericks 
Cause you made them wild and (Am) free 
(F) I know you've got a (C) place up there 
For (G) old cowboys like (C) me 
 
(C) Don't think that I don't love you 
(F) Because I'm not herd bound 
(C) Its just that I'm uncomfortable 
With other folks (G) around 
(C) I know your all around me 
(F) I see you every day 
(C) Its just that I don't go to church 
(G) Where other people (C) pray 
 
(F) My church is the great (G) out of doors 
(C) My song is natures sound 
(F) The sky is my (C) cathedral 
My alter is the (G) ground 
(F) You must be fond of (C) mavericks 
Cause you made them wild and (Am) free 
(F) I know you've got a (C) place up there  
For (G) old cowboys like (C) me 
    	

Chord diagrams

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