Key:
Introduction:
G
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
A7
I want to learn to rope and ride
D7
I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts
G
Out west of the great divide
I want to hear the coyotes howling
C
As the sun sets in the West
G E7
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
A7 D7 G
The life I love the best
G C G D7 G C G D7 G
I want to ride old paint movin at a run
A7
I want to feel the wind in my face
D7
A thousand miles away from home
G
Movin at a cowhand's pace
I want to pillow my head beneath the open sky
C
As the sun sets in the west
G E7
I want to strum my guitar and a-yodel a dee hee
A7 D7 G
That's the life I love the best
G
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
A7
I want to learn to rope and ride
D7
I want to ride o'er the plains and the deserts
G
Out west of the great divide
I want to hear the coyotes howling
C
As the sun sets in the West
G E7
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
A7 D7 G
The life I love the best
G E7
I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart
A7 D7 G C G
The life I love the best