Cowboy's Sweetheart

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

2  -2  -2*  3     3  3  5     -3  3   2__
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
3  -3  3  -2*     -3     6  -5     5  -3__
I want to learn to rope and to ride
-3  -3  -3*  -4      -4  -3  3     -2* -2   -2__
I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts
3  3     -3  -4  -3      -2     2__
Out west of that great divide
2  -2  -2*  3      3  3  5       -3  3  2__
I want to hear the coyotes howlin'
2  -2  3       5     -5       5  -4  -3__
While the sun sinks in the West
-3  -3  -4  5       5  -4      -3     3     -3__
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
3  3*  -3       -3  -4    -4     5__
That's the life I love the best

(7  7  8  -7  -6  -6  -6    -6  6  -7  7  6  -5 
7  7  7  8  -7  -6 -6 -6     7  7  7  -8  -8  8)
(Adlib Part of Song)

2  -2  -2*  3  3       3    5     -3  3  2  -1*  2
I want to ride Old Paint goin' at a run
3  -3  3  -2*      -3      6  -5     5  -3__
I want to feel the wind in my face
-3*  -4      -3*  -4     3  -3   -4      -3*  -4__
A thousand miles from all the city lights
3  3      -4  -3      -2      2__
Goin' a cowhand's pace
2  -2  -2*  3  3    3  5    5  -5  5   -3   3__
I want to pillow my head near the sleeping herd
2  -2  3     5     -5    5  -4  -3__
While the moon shines down from above
-3 -3 -4 5 5     5 -4    -3  3  -2*  3  7  6__
I want to strum my guitar and yodelay-hee-hoo
3  -3     -3  -4  -3   3     5__
Oh that's the life that I love

(7  7  8  -7  -6  -6  -6       -6  6  -7  7  6  -5 
7  7  7  8  -7  -6 -6 -6     7  7  7  -8  -8  8)
(Interlude)

(7  7  8  -7  -6  -6  -6     -6  6 -7  7  6  -5 
7 7 7 8 -7 -6 -6 -6   7 7 7 -8 -8 8
7 7 7 -8 -8 8)

This plays with fast pace karaoke music, same Artist, run time 2:30.

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound