Hampton R W - Born To Be A Cowboy guitar tab

Another good R.W. Hampton song.

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(C)The painted walls of Palo (C7) Duro

How my (F) heart can see them yet

As a (C) boy of eighteen summers

Long (G) before I knew regret

There (C) I rode the bold (C7) unwilling

And my (F) loop was keen and true

And even (C) in the dead of winter

(G) The sky seemed always (C) blue

(C) And its been (F) Saddle horse and (G)catch twine

(F) That has been my (C) life

Some say its been my downfall

That the (F) world has passed me (G) by

The (F) life I live I (G) freely chose

(F) I'm at yet (C) tonight

I was (F) born to be a (C) cowboy

And I (G) will be 'til I (C) die

(C) In the heat of summer (C7) branding

We'd (F) get an early start

And as (C) we reached the pen of horses

We'd (G) saddle in the dark

Then (C) we'd ride out on the (C7) morning

(F) Without a spoken word

The (C) ring of spur and the fall of hoof was

(G) All that could be (C) heard

Chorus;

(C) I first layed eyes on Darcy (C7) Taylor

At (F) the cowboy christmas ball

The (C) daughter of a preacher

And the (G) fairest of them all

But (C) I knew I could never have (C7) her

Though (F) I loved her just the same

And I (C) still get that old time feeling

(G) When I hear her (C) name

Chorus;

(C) Photographs and trophy (C7) buckles

The things (F) you hold with pride

When eyes (C) grow dim, won't mean as much

As (G) what you've got inside

But (C) I've got a lot of (C7) memories

To me (F) means more to me than gold

And I (C) can say I'm ready lord

(G) Any time its time to (C) go

Chorus;