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This Ol Cowboy by Marshall Tucker Band
This Ol Cowboy
Play this with a jazz feel at a fast strumming tempo. George McCorkel plays it with Bar
Toy Caldwell played the the blazing lead, which I wont even attempt to tab out, but I
give you the main lick.
The chords are Gm7 - Dmaj7 - G - F#m7 - E5 - A
Gm7 Dmaj7 G F#m7 E5 A
E ---7-----5----3---2----0---0-------------|
B ---7-----7----3---2----0---2-------------|
G ---7-----6----4---2----0---2-------------|
D ---5-----7----5---2----2---2-------------|
A ---5-----5----5---4----2---0-------------|
E ---X-----x----3---2----0---0-------------|
No put the chords on the lyric. The lyrics are somewhat pushed into the chord
The lyric timing can throw you off, but if you hear it you will instantly get it.
Gm7 Dmaj7
I'm sittin here in San Anton' waitin on the 8 o'clock train.
Gm7 Dmaj7
My woman left me here last night, things aint quite the same.
Gm7 Dmaj7
Gotta get back to Dallas and tie up a few loose ends..
Gm7 DMaj7
Gonna work a week make a hundred dollars and hit the road again.
G Gm7
I dont want ya to think, your the first one to leave this old boy
out here on his own.
G F#m7 E5 A
'Cause this aint gonna be gonna be the first night this ol' cowboy
Gm7
spent the night alone.
Main Lead Lick. All other lead was played screamingly fast by the late Toy Caldwell,
his THUMB! The chords are the ones the lead is played over. All other lead in this song
total improvisation, I have never heard Toy play it the same way twice and any time I
heard it he was just smokin!
Dm7
E -3-2-3-2-3-5-5---3-2-3-2-3-5-5-3-2-3-2---|
B ---------------------------------------3-|
G -----------------------------------------|
Dmaj7
E -----------------------------------------------|
B ------3-5--5b7---------------------------------|
G -3-h4------------------------------------------|
Ok, so there it is. A few notes:
1. On the Lyric "first night this ol' cowboy" The change to A happens on the 2nd sylable
the word cowboy, its not misplaced.
2. The lyrics in the verse as I said are pushed. The measures between the chords
the same, yet as apposed to most standard song writing, the number of words in a given measure
greatly, so you have to actually sing them faster or slower depending.
3. In the lead chart h = Hammer on
4. In the lead chart b = bend so 5b7 means play the note on the 5th fret and bend up to
equivalent tone for the 7th fret, or one whole step.
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version 2
Chords:
G6sus Dmaj7 G F#m Em A
e------2------2------3-------2-----------------|
B------0------2--------------2--------------2--|
G------0------2--------------2--------------2--|
D----------------------------2-------2------2--|
A--------------------2---------------2---------|
E--------------------3-------------------------|
Intro:
e--17-15--14-----14----------------------------|
B------------17-----17--15-14--15-14--12-14----|
G-------------------------------------------14-|
D----------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
Main Riff:
G6sus
e--3--2--3---2--3--5--5---3--2--3---2--3--5--5-|
B----------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
Dmaj7
e--3---2---3---2------------3---2---2---5---5--|
B------------------3---------------------------|
G----------------------2-----------------------|
D----------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
Intro + Main Fill (Twice)
G6sus
Well I'm sittin' down in San Anton'
Dmaj7
Waiting on an eight o'clock train
G6sus
My woman left me here last night
Dmaj7
Things ain't been quite the same
G6sus
I gotta get back to Dallas
Dmaj7
And tie up a few loose ends
G6sus
I'm gonna work a week make a hundred dollars
Dmaj7
Aw and hit the road again
G
So I don't want you to think
That you're the first one
Dmaj7
To leave me out here on my own
G F#m
Cause this ain't gonna be the first time
Em A Dmaj7 G6sus + Main
This ol' cowboy spent the night alone
G6sus
Now honey I've been a fool but a bigger fool
Dmaj7
I can't remember when I've been
G6sus
Just to open up my heart
Dmaj7
And let you walk right in
G6sus
Now there's one thing in this life
Dmaj7
Ain't hard for me to do
G6sus
That's as soon as I kiss the lips of another woman
Dmaj7
I'm gonna forget all about you
G
So I don't want you to think
That you're the first one
Dmaj7
To leave me out here on my own
G F#m
No this ain't gonna be the first time
Em A Dmaj7 G6sus + Main
This ol' cowboy spent the night alone
Solo: Verse chords + Main Riff (Twice)
G6sus
If you wrote all the woman's names down I know
Dmaj7
And let me pick one out
G6sus
I don't think there'd be one in the whole bunch
Dmaj7
Aw I'd give a hoot about
G
So I don't want you to think
That you're the first one
Dmaj7
To leave this ol' boy out here on his own
G F#m
Cause this ain't gonna be the first time
Em A Dmaj7
This ol' cowboy spent the night alone
G F#m
No this ain't gonna be the first time
Em A Dmaj7 G6sus + Main
This ol' cowboy spent the night alone
End: G F#m Em A (Dmaj7)
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