Dancin' Cowboys Chords

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Dancin' Cowboys by The Bellamy Brothers is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			NOTE: The intro phrase gets you into the verse...NC stands for no chord,  
because your vocals start with the last chord of the intro while the chord
is still ringing. 
 
INTRO: 
 
 D   -  G  -   D   -   A ( let ring ) 
 
 
VERSE ONE 
 
NC                 D      A                            D 
We like boots and saddles....We love girls and guitars... 
 A                       D                G                         A
...We let romance and pas-sion...turn our heads and rule our hearts... 
NC                    D      A                            D 
Ole bandanas and blue- jeans...Campfires burin' like stars... 
 A                    D                 G                   A 
...It's a song about all the things we live and what we are... 
 A       G                    D 
Dancin' cowboys.......singin' horses 
       A                    D      D7 
gypsy music.........ringin' voices. 
         G                  D 
Dancin' Cowboys....singin' horses 
       A                          D   A (ring) 
gypsy music..........songs about love 
VERSE TWO 
NC                  D           A                          D    
We got home in our hearts, babe...Got the road in our blood... 
 A                   D                G                      A 
...Got a cowgirl in every single town...or our name ain't mud... 
NC                      D     A                      D 
We like pistols and stet-sons...Dance-halls and cafes... 
 A                          D                      G                  A
...Now you know where we're comin' from...come and dance the night away... 
A        G                    D 
Dancin' cowboys.......singin' horses 
      A                      D     D7 
gypsy music.........ringin' voices. 
         G                 D 
Dancin' Cowboys....singin' horses 
       A                          D    A (ring) 
gypsy music..........songs about love 
INSTRUMENTAL : PLAY OVER FIRST  TWO LINES OF VERSE 
 
NC                  D           A                          D 
We got home in our hearts, babe...Got the road in our blood... 
 A                   D                G                      A 
...Got a cowgirl in every single town...or our name ain't mud... 
 A       G                    D 
Dancin' cowboys.......singin' horses 
       A                     D    D7 
gypsy music.........ringin' voices. 
         G                  D 
Dancin' Cowboys....singin' horses 
       A                          D    A 
gypsy music..........songs about love. 
TAGG 
A            D    A 
songs about love 
             D     D  

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante