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Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?

by Paula Cole · posted by WaltP

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WHERE HAVE ALL THE COWBOYS GONE
By: Paula Cole
Key: F#m

-7 -3  -3  -3 -3  -3
Oh you get me rea-dy 
-3  -3  -3  -4  4*  4* -4
in your fif-ty-six chev-y
-4   -3   -3 -3 -3   6   6   6    5*
Why don't we go sit down in the shade
 6    -7  -3  -3 -3  -3    -3
Take shel-ter on my front porch
-3  -3  -4 4* -5   5*    -4   -3
The dan-de-li-on sun’s scorch-ing,
 -3 -3  -3   -3  6    6  6 4*-4
Like a glass of cold lem-on-ade
-6* 6  -5  5*  -5   5* -3 -5   5* -4  -3    3*
I will do the laun-dry if you pay all the bills

CHORUS:
  5*  6  -6*  7* 5* 5*
Where is my John Wayne
  5*  6  -6* 7*  -7 7*-6*6
Where is my prai-rie sun
  5*  6 -6*  7* 5*  5*  5*
Where is my hap-py end-ing
  -7   7*  -6*  6  -7   7* -6*68*
Where have all the cow-boys gone

-3    -7  -3   -3  -3  -3   -3
Why don't you stay the eve-ning
 -3   -3  -4    4*   4* 4*-4
Kick back and watch the T-V
-4   -4  -3 -3 -3  -3   6     6   6   5*
And I'll fix a lit-tle some-thing to eat
6 -3  -3   -3   -3    -3
Oh I know your back hurts 
 -3   -3  -4  4* -5   4*  -4
from work-ing on the trac-tor
-3  -3 -3   -3   -3   6   6  6   4*-4
How do you take your cof-fee my sweet
-6* 6   -5    5*  -5   5*
I will raise the chil-dren 
-3 -5   4* -4  -3    3*
if you pay all the bills

Chorus
  5*  6  -6*  7* 5* 5*
Where is my John Wayne
  5*  6  -6* 7*  -7 7*-6*6
Where is my prai-rie sun
  5*  6 -6*  7* 5*  5*  5*
Where is my hap-py end-ing
  -7   7*  -6*  6  -7   7* -6*68*
Where have all the cow-boys gone

8*-8  -9   8* -8 -7    7   -6* -6*
I am wear-ing my new dress to-night
 7  -6*  -6*
But you don't, 
 7  -6*  -6*  7 -6* 7   -6* -6*
but you don't ev-en no-tice me
-3  -4   4*   -4
Say our good-byes
-3  -4   4*   -4
Say our good-byes
-3  -4   4*   -4
Say our good-byes

   -7   -3   -3  -3   -3 -3
We fi-n’lly sold the chev-y
 -3  -3 -3  -4  4* 4* 4* -4
When we had an-oth-er ba-by
-4  -4   -3   -3  -3  -3  6   6   6
And you took that job in Ten-nes-see
 6   -7    -3    -3 -3   -3
You made friends at the farm
-3  -3   -3   -4 4* -5   4* 
And you join ’em at the bar
-4  -3  -3  -3 -3  -3   6  6   6  4*-4
Al-most ev-‘ry sin-gle day of the week
-6* 6   -5   5*  -5  5*
I will wash the dish-es 
 -3   -5  4*  -4 -3  3*
while you go have a beer

Chorus
  5*  6  -6*  7* 5* 5*
Where is my John Wayne
  5*  6  -6* 7*  -7 7*-6*6
Where is my prai-rie sun
  5*  6 -6*  7* 5*  5*  5*
Where is my hap-py end-ing
  -7   7*  -6*  6  -7   7*  -6*6
Where have all the cow-boys gone

  5*  6  -6* 7*   5* -4 5*
Where is my Marl-bor-o man
  5*  6  -6*  7* -7 7*-6*6
Where is his shin-y  gun
  5*  6  -6* 7*  5*  5*  5*
Where is my lone-ly ran-ger
 -7    7*  -6*  6  -7   7* -6*68*
Where have all the cow-boys gone
 -7    7*  -6*  6  -7   7* -6*68*
Where have all the cow-boys gone
 -7    7*  -6*  6  -7   7* -6*68*
Where have all the cow-boys gone


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