CAPO I INTRO: C F C F C G He's been known to lose more than he wins F C He falls down just to get back up again G The way he smiles his face is weathed and leathered and lined F G You can tell he's learned to laugh thru a lot of hard times C G He gets by without shovin', a drifter and a dreamer F G He gets stoned on a roll-your-own, what ya get is what ya see here CHORUS: C G Once a cowboy, always a cowboy Am F Between the blue sky and unbroken ground he wears his freedom like a crown C G Let the whole world around him change, that don't mean a thing Am F C Once a cowboy always a cowboy F C She tries to tell him he's runnin' out of time Oh but that ain't what you'd see if you were lookin' thru his eyes He's still chasin' sunsets, still tryin' to find Something better than what he'd left behind She tries to love him but somehow she understands That it was over the moment it began CHORUS BREAK: C G Am F C G He's been known to lose more than he wins F C (let ring) He falls down just to get back up again CHORUS OUTRO: C G Am F (repeated out)