Key: B
Introduction:
B E B E B E B E
Verse
B
Cowboys we are
E B E
Cowboys we shall always be
B
Don?t let it end like this, boys
E B E
Tell ?em I sense something?
Verse
B E
They say trouble rides a fast horse
B E
They say forgiveness rides a mule
B
Oh yeah, they say a lot of things
E B E
That?s why I lived by my own rules
Verse
B
You know a man is seen in fragments
E B E
A scar, a limp, tattoos and broken teeth
B
Scratch the surface on most men out here
E B E
And you?ll find two men hiding underneath
Verse
B
But I come not here to lecture you
E B E
Of good and evil, black or white, right or wrong
B
I?ve come to sing my story
E B E
I'm the Black Jack, baby, of all those old gipsy songs
Verse
B
A loose canon, they have called me
E B E
A half-cocked cowboy, falling apart
B
With my war-bag full of cheap tricks
E B F#
Dead certain, mister, of my hair trigger heart
B F# E B
Oh baby, I got a hair trigger heart
F# E
I got a hair trigger heart
Verse
B
I've known love from every angle
E B E
I never learned the art of the graceful getaway
B
Yeah, the poetry eludes me, sir
E B E
I don?t give a damn what all the minor poets say
Verse
B
"I?m not an alcoholic, I?m a drunk, there?s a difference
E B E
Set 'em up, kid, and make it smart"
B
I come from horse traders and half breeds
E B F#
And a savage long line of hair trigger hearts, yeah
B F# E B
Oh baby, I got a hair trigger heart
F# E B
I got a hair trigger heart
F# E
I got a hair trigger heart
Bridge
G#m D#m
All the old gunfighters are leaving town
G#m C# F#
Pistol packing mama, lay that pistol down
E
I?m still around
B
Lord, I've got one more round
F#
And I sure hit the mark
E
With my hair trigger heart, yeah
Instrumental
B E B E B E B E
Verse
B E
At the far end of eternity, you will find me
B E
At a pub they call The Sword 'n' Highwayman
B
I'll have a wax museum moustache
E B E
Might be missing several fingers on my trigger hand
Verse
B
I?ll have forgotten half the alphabet
E B E
My name, my age, my Chinese laundry mark
B
Between instinct and oblivion, mister
E B F#
I will always hang on to this hair trigger heart
B F# E B
Oh baby, I got a hair trigger heart
F# E B
I got a hair trigger heart
F# E B
I got a hair trigger heart
F# E
I got a hair trigger heart
Outro
B
Cowboys we are
E B E B E B E B E B
Cowboys we shall always be