Cowgirl in the Sand is a song written by Neil Young, recorded on his second solo album, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. Neil Young has stated that he wrote this song, along with two others from the same album, in one day while he was bedridden with a fever.
Key: Am
Am
F
Am
F
Am
Hello cowgirl in the sand (hello cowgirl in the sand)
Am
F
Is this place at your command?
C
G
F
G
Can I stay here for a while,
C
G
F
G
Can I see your sweet, sweet smile?
Dm
Em
C
F
Old enough now to change your name
Dm
Em
C
F
When so many love you is it the same?
Dm
C
F
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game
F
C
E7
A
Am
F
Am
F
Am
Hello Ruby in the dust, (hello Ruby in the dust)
Am
F
Has your band begun to rust?
C
G
F
G
After all the sin we've had,
C
G
F
G
I was hopin' that we'd turn bad
Dm
Em
C
F
Old enough now to change your name,
Dm
Em
C
F
When so many love you is it the same?
Dm
C
F
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game.
F
C
E7
A
Am
F
Am
Hello woman of my dreams,(hello woman of my dreams)
Am
F
This is not the way it seems
C
G
F
G
Purple words on a grey background,
C
G
F
G
To be a woman and to be turned down
Dm
Em
C
F
Old enough now to change your name,
Dm
Em
C
F
When so many love you is it the same?
Dm
C
F
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game.
F
C
E7
A
* It has been suggested that Fmaj7 is a better chord selection then F ** Alternate: