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The Cowboy Who Started The Fight by Johnny Cash
The Cowboy Who Started The Fight
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:A
Capo:2nd fret
[Intro]
| G | G | G | G |
[Verse 1]
G D G
The legs on the lady a walkin'
D G
Was tanned to a dark berry brown
C G
Her body was made like a song to be played
A7 D
To the tune of a million a pound
G D G
She was a wonder of a woman I reckon
G C
And she sure screwed her head on right
C G
The toast of the world was the long legged girl
G D G
And the cowboy who started the fight
[Verse 2]
G G G
He'd just pulled into town in an old green 1953 Chevrolet pickup truck
G G
With whiskey bumps all over it and the right front fender falling off
G G G
He coasted on into a no parking zone, got out and took the keys and chunked 'em down a gutter
G G
Turned around and just walked off
[Verse 3]
G D G
He allowed how his time had been wasted
D G
On drinking and running around
C G
He spent half his life searchin' barrooms at night
A7 D
For the sweetheart that he never found
G D G
It was plain from the moment their eyes met
G C
They'd wind up in each others arms
C G
The lady's young life was laid open that night
G D G
And the cowboy drank deep of her charms
[Chorus]
C G
Singing hey-hi-de-he from the depths of the sea
D G G7
To the mountains so hollering high
C G
I've found the best one under God's given sun
G D G G
Yeah the cowboy got lucky tonight
[Verse 4]
G D G
While the angel beside him lay sleeping
D G
He silently thanked God above
C G
For being a kind hearted father
A7 D
And blessing his love with her love
G D G
For one night of love with that woman
G C
Was more than he knew he deserved
C G
So he found all he had left worth givin'
G D G G
And he gave all he had left to her
[Verse 5]
G D G
He slid back inside his ole levi's
D G
And he filled up his boots with his feet
C G
While the subways beneath New York City
A7 D
Screamed through the veins of the street
G D G
For the lady gave up without question
G C
The trophy she saved all her life
C G
Then she curled up beside his old weather worn hide
G D G
And the cowboy just laid down and died
[Chorus]
C G
Hey-hi-de-hi with a whoop through the street
D G G7
As his soul slowly winged out of sight
C G
The lady was torn from the child bein' born
G D G
And the cowboy found heaven that night
C G
The lady was torn from the child bein' born
G D G
And the cowboy found heaven that night
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