Key: G
Introduction: G D C D
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I' ll bet you' ve never heard ole Marshall Dillon say
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Miss Kitty have you ever thought of running away
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Settling down, would you marry me
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If I asked you twice and begged you pretty please
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She' d have said yes in a New York minute
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They never tied the knot
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His heart wasn' t in it
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He just stole a kiss as he rode away
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He never hung his hat up at Kitty' s place
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I should' ve been a cowboy
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I should' ve learned to rope and ride
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Wearing my six-shooter, riding by pony on a cattle drive
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Stealing a young girl' s heart
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Just like Gene and Roy
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Singing those campfire songs
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Oh I should' ve been a cowboy
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I might of had a side kick with a funny name
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Running wild through the hills chasing Jesse James
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Ending up on the brink of danger
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Riding shotgun for the Texas Rangers
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Go west young man, haven' t you been told
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California' s full of whisky, women and gold
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Sleeping out all night beneath the desert stars
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A dream in my eye and a prayer in my heart
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I should' ve been a cowboy
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I should' ve learned to rope and ride
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Wearing my six-shooter, riding by pony on a cattle drive
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Stealing a young girl' s heart
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Just like Gene and Roy
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Singing those campfire songs
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Oh I should' ve been a cowboy
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I should' ve been a cowboy
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I should' ve learned to rope and ride
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Wearing my six-shooter, riding by pony on a cattle drive
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Stealing a young girl' s heart
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Just like Gene and Roy
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Singing those campfire songs
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Oh I should' ve been a cowboy
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Should' ve been a cowboy
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Should' ve been a cowboy