Chords
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

Key: D

Introduction:

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I grew up dreaming of being a cowboy
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Loving the cowboy ways
Pursuing the life of my high riding heroes
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I burned up my childhood days
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I learned all the rules of the modern day drifter
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Don't you hold onto nothing too long
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Just take what you need from the ladies
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Then leave them the words of a sad country song
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My heroes have always been cowboys
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And they still are it seems
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Sadly in search of   but one step in back of
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Themselves and their slow moving dreams
Cowboys are special with their own brand of misery
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From being alone too long
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You could die from the cold in the arms of a nightmare
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Knowing well your best days are gone
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Picking up hookers instead of my pen
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I let the words of my years fade away
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Old worn out saddles old worn out
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Memories with no one and no place to stay
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My heroes have always been cowboys
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And they still are it seems
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Sadly in search of   but one step in back of
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Themselves and their slow moving dreams----
End