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The Cowboy Life
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An updated version of the song with a lyric rewrite
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mellow acoustic guitar
Hi, I'm an acoustic guitar player from Washington. Originally from Arizona. Been playing for 20 or 30 years but just got serious in the last year or so. I will add some web stuff here in a bit. DwB
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Genre
Country • Country and Western
Charts
Peak #214
Peak in subgenre #26
Author
Doug Barnett
Rights
2005 by Boug Barnett
Uploaded
February 19, 2005
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MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
Someone asked me if I wrote standard country songs with all major chords and this is what came of it. This is the rewritten version. The story of leaving and goin back again
Lyrics
Time to head this body home Out to where the cattle roam Saddle up that old brown horse I used to dream of the Rodeo Until my heart and bones said no Headed out on a different course I rode away to the cowboy life An old guitar and a pocketknife Quickly learned the way of the west Hard life on the open range Every night the sky would change Trust the good lord, cause he knows best He knows I loved the Cowboy life A young and foolish heart to tend Quick to hurt and slow to mend Never thought to stop and wonder why Wasn't there when my parents died I was still out branding hide Sleeping underneath a starlit sky I rode away to the cowboy life This guitar and a pocket knife Live out on Gods own earth Best friend carried me home For a bag of oats, a brush n comb Soon learned what friends are worth Living the cowboy life I can't breathe this city air Smells enough to curl your hair Four walls and bills to pay Traffic jam on every street Can't escape the summer heat I don't know what makes me stay I rode away from the cowboy life To a safe job and a selfish wife There's nothing left for me to do Stand here and ask the sea Is there a cowboy left in me Or just a ranch style house in Malibu Lord I miss the cowboy life I'm riding back to the cowboy life Without that pocket knife Some where I belong Breathe free on the open range Waiting for that sky to change While I sing this song About the cowboy life
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