(I Used To Want To Be A) Cowboy Recorded by Chris Ledoux Intro.: | (C) | (C) | (F) (G) | (C) | (C) I used to want to be a (Dm)cowboy (G) spent my childhood dreamin' (C)that Wearing spurs and boots and (Dm)six guns (G) and a big ten-gallon (C)hat Chasin' outlaws savin' (F)ladies, (G) bustin' broncs at (Em)rodeos (Am) (G)Ridin' (F)off in-(Em)to the (Dm)sunset, (G) like they do in picture (C)shows (C) I used to want to be a (Dm)cowboy, (G) I dreamed about it until the (C)day That a green-eyed Texas (Dm)lady (G)smiled and stole my heart a-(C)way (C7) Now I'm trackin' down a (F)livin', (G) and as far as I can (Em)see (Am) Right (G)now I'm (F)just as (Em)much a (Dm)cowboy (G) as I'm ever gonna (C)be (Chorus) (C7) 'Cause my (F)round-ups at a (G)truck stop, the (C)trails a super slab I wear (F)boots up in the (G)saddle of my (C)eighteen wheelers cab Riding (F)hell bent for the (G)bunkhouse just a-(C)cross the Georgia (F)Line Where to-(Dm)night I'll see my lady and that little boy of (G)mine And he wants to be a (Dm)cowboy, (G) you know somehow I kind of expected that (C) Wearing spurs and boots and (Dm)six guns (G) and a big ten-gallon (C)hat (C7) And all my cowboy dreams are (F)livin' (G) in that little bucka-(Em)roo (Am) Cowboys often end up (Dm)daddies, (G) you know I'm really glad they (C)do (Tag) And he wants to be a (Dm)cowboy, (G) just the way his daddy (C)did When he's on his broomstick (Dm)pony, (G) he's Hoppy Roy and the Sisco (C)Kid And he wants to be a (Dm)cowboy, (G) just the way his daddy (C)did