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Cowgirls

Brandi Carlile

RockMedium for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
C×
D××
BDiagram coming soon
Am7×
D7××
F#Diagram coming soon
Em

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 3rd fret
               
 
Verse 1:
      G 
To be fair I should've told you 
C                         D 
Running from the money is what I do 
        G 
I don't believe in wealth and excess 
               C                  Dadd4 
And I have had debt the size of Texas 
       G 
But I, I didn't follow my dreams 
                              C 
To dump my money in your slot machine 
            C/B                  Am7 
And you can take that to the bank 
                      D7 
Tell the bank man the devil said thanks 
G                        G/F# 
You know you can't get a drink in this town 
Em             C 
Without Sunday morning comin' down 
G           G/F#         C 
And cashing in on the costume 
      Dadd4 
Yeah, get 'em while they last 
    C                       Dadd4 
The NRA can kiss my country ass 
 
 
G                             G/F#            Em 
Just because you got a little dust under your boots 
                 C 
Doesn't mean you walked a country mile 
G         G/F# 
You never hopped a train 
         C              Dadd4 
And your back roads are going outta style 
G             G/F#            Em 
Listen to the radio and sing along 
           C 
You're not saying anything 
G                     G/F# 
Well you never laid a railroad tie 
   C                  C/B 
Or watched a lonesome cowboy die 
   Am7                              D7 
Or listened to the bells of freedom ring 
    Am7                                  D7 
And now that you're just spittin' in the wind 
     C               Dadd4             G 
It's time for you to let them cowgirls in 
 
Verse 2:
             G 
You got your ten gallon hat 
           C                         D 
Yeah, your chewing cigars and you're smoking the fat 
   G 
Tattoos of naked ladies 
                    C                  Dadd4 
You played the same video games in the 80's 
G           G/F# 
I hope your vintage guitar 
Em                      C 
Will take you where the wild things are 
G          G/F#                 C 
I hope you find your true voice there 
        Dadd4 
And the ghost of who you are 
G                    G/F#           Em 
And if they're gonna call you an outlaw 
     C 
Live fast and die young 
G                  G/F#           C          Dadd4 
Those songs have already been sung by better men 
 
 
G                             G/F#            Em 
Just because you got a little dust under your boots 
                 C 
Doesn't mean you walked a country mile 
G         G/F# 
You never hopped a train 
         C              Dadd4 
And your back roads are going outta style 
G             G/F#            Em 
Listen to the radio and sing along 
           C 
You're not saying anything 
G                     G/F# 
Well you never laid a railroad tie 
   C                  C/B 
Or watched a lonesome cowboy die 
   Am7                              D7 
Or listened to the bells of freedom ring 
    Am7                                  D7 
And now that you're just spittin' in the wind 
     C               Dadd4             G    G/F# 
It's time for you to let them cowgirls in 
 
 
Outro 
 
Am7                                 D7 
Now that you're just pissin' in the wind 
     C               D                 G 
It's time for you to let them cowgirls in 
          
 

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Chord set

G · C · D · B · Am7 · D7 · F# · Em

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.