Don Edwards – The Cowboy Life chords

[Verse 1]
    Dm                CThe cowboy life is a dreary, dreary life
Am                         Dm  Some say it's free from care
F                            CRounding up the cattle from morning till night
        Dm            A         DmIn the middle of the prairie so bare

[Verse 2]
Dm                   CHalf-past four, that noisy cook will roar
Am                                Dm  "Hey boys, it's the breaking of day”
F                    CSlowly we rise with sleepy-feeling eyes
        Dm           A           DmAs the short summer night passed away

[Verse 3]
    Dm                CThe cowboy life is a dreary, dreary life
Am                           Dm  From dawn till the setting sun
F                      CThen his day's work it is not done
             Dm              A          DmFor there's still his night guard to go on

[Verse 4]
     Dm                         CThe wolves and owls with their terrifying howls
   Am                       DmDisturb us in our midnight dream
         F                           CWhen we layin' in our slickers on a cold, rainy night
    Dm           A     DmWay over on the Pecos stream

[Verse 5]
     Dm               CThe cowboy life is a dreary, dreary life
Am                         Dm  All out in the midnight rain
F                     CPunchin' cattle from morning till night
    Dm          A     DmWay out on the Texas plains

[Verse 6]
Dm                   CSpring sets in, our troubles all begin
     Am                       DmThe weather being fierce and cold
       F                     CWe're almost froze from the water on our clothes
         Dm            A       DmAnd the cattle we can scarcely hold

[Verse 7]
         Dm               CNow the cowboy life is a mighty dreary life
    Am                   DmAll out in the sleet and snow
F                  CWinter time comes, he begins to think
Dm             A           DmWhere did his summer wages go

[Verse 8]
  Dm                      CI once loved to roam, but now I stay at home
        Am                DmAll you punchers take my advice
           F                            CSell your bridle and saddle, quit your rowing and travels
    Dm       A            DmTie on to a pretty little wife

[Verse 9]
         Dm                             CYou can talk about your farms and your big city charms
         Am                         DmYou can talk about your silver and gold
         F                CBut the cowboy life is a dreary, dreary life
             Dm                  A           DmWhen you're driving through the heat and the cold

[Verse 10]
    Dm                CThe cowboy life is a dreary, dreary life
    Am                       DmAll out in the heat and the cold
           F                           CWhile the rich man is sleeping on his velvet couch
Dm               A         DmDreaming of his silver and gold