Michael Martin Murphey - Cowboy Pride guitar tab

Cowboy Pride

Written By Ian Tyson

Recorded By Michael Martin Murphey

(This song starts in the key of B and changes to C)

Cowboy Pride

B B7 E

Well, I'm writing you this letter

B

and it's a long time overdue

F#7

You're thinkin' "Just mind your own business"

B

I wouldn't blame you if you do

B7 E

You know our range is gettin' smaller

B

Hear you're all busted up inside

F#7

But it ain't the Broncos that'll kill you

B

It's just that damned old cowboy pride

B7 E

Cowboy pride can always get a man through

B

but cowboy pride will make a fool of you

F#7

Good women are hard to find

B

I'm talkin' about the faithful kind

B7 E

I hear you're running with that waitress

B

and she's under age and wild

F#7

You know your wife's the best there is, fella

B

Would you move in with that child?

B7 E

She stuck with you through the hard times

B

Think of all the nights she cried

F#7

Will she be another victim

B

of that same old cowboy pride

(Change to Key of C)

C C7 F

Guess it's time to close my letter

C

It's just somethin' that I had to do

G7

You know I made the same mistake once

C

before she fell in love with you

C7 F

So go home to your wife and family

C

It's time to put the past aside

G7

So you don't end up like me now

C

Nothin' left but cowboy pride

C7 F

Cowboy pride can always get a man through

C

but cowboy pride will make a fool of you

G7

Good women are hard to find

C

I'm talkin' about the faithful kind

G7

Don't end up like me now

C

with nothin' left but cowboy pride