Chords
Lonesome Cowboy

Key: C

Introduction:

             C                                 F                         C                                               F 
And then that lonesome cowboy, looked up at the stars in the sky,
                   C               Em                   Am     Em             F                                             C 
"I will leave my land and my horses, on that midnight train I will ride,
                 G         F                             C 
To the city, far across the plains,
                   G       F                                   C 
To that city, on that midnight train, here it comes,
     G 
Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
   F                                 C 
Choo choo choobeduwee,
     G 
Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
 F                                   C     G  F 
On that midnight train"
             C                                       F         C                             F 
And then that lonesome cowboy, stepped into a bar,
         C                                                       F                               G                               F 
A pretty girl slid over nice and easy, "boy your money won't go far."
           C                                         F                             C                                 F 
She took him outside to an alley, he got dragged into a fight,
               C           Em             Am   Em               F                                       C 
And a bullet sent him dying, and he cursed that moonless night,
                   G         F                             C 
In that city, far across the plains,
                   G                           F                                     C 
In that city, he could hear that midnight train, down the line,
     G 
Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
   F                                 C 
Choo choo choobeduwee,
     G 
Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
                     F                                     Am   BmE 
He could hear that midnight train
           C                                 F                 C                                   F 
And now that lonesome cowboy is lain beneath the clay,
           C                                       F                       G                     F 
His horses they're still waiting, for he is gone away,
         C                                                     F                         C                             F 
Now if you think the grass is greener on the far side of the hill
                   C         Em                     AmEm                  F                               C 
All you cowboys, take it easy,     there's no grass there at all,
                   G         F                             C 
In that city, far across the plains,
                   G                                   F                                     C 
In that city, you'd better miss that midnight train, here it comes
     G 
Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
   F                                 C 
Choo choo choobeduwee,
     G 
Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
                             F                                     C 
You'd better miss that midnight train
     G 
Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
   F                                 C 
Choo choo choobeduwee,
     G 
Choo choo choobe choobeduwa,
               F                                   Am 
That train is coming for you...