Chris Ledoux - I used to want to be a cowboy

^CI used to want to be a ^Dmcowboy ^Gspent my childhood dreamin' ^Cthat Wearing spurs and boots and ^Dmsix guns ^Gand a big ten-gallon ^Chat Chasin' outlaws savin' ^Fladies, ^Gbustin' broncs at ^Emrodeos ^AmRid^Gin' off^F in- to ^Emthe sun^Dmset, lik^Ge they do in picture sho^Cws ^CI used to want to be a ^Dmcowboy, ^GI dreamed about it until the ^Cday That a green-eyed Texas ^Dmlady ^Gsmiled and stole my heart a- ^Cway ^C7Now I'm trackin' down a ^Flivin', ^Gand as far as I can ^Emsee ^AmRight ^Gnow I'm ^Fjust as ^Emmuch a ^Dmcowboy ^Gas I'm ever gonna ^Cbe

^C7'Cause my ^Fround-ups at a ^Gtruck stop, the ^Ctrails a super slab I wear ^Fboots up in the ^Gsaddle of my ^Ceighteen wheelers cab Riding ^Fhell bent for the ^Gbunkhouse just a- ^Ccross the Georgia ^FLine Where to- ^Dmnight I'll see my lady and that little boy of ^Gmine And he wants to be a ^Dmcowboy, ^Gyou know somehow I kind of expected that ^C Wearing spurs and boots and ^Dmsix guns ^Gand a big ten-gallon ^Chat ^C7And all my cowboy dreams are ^Flivin' ^Gin that little bucka- ^Emroo ^AmCowboys often end up ^Dmdaddies, ^Gyou know I'm really glad they ^Cdo

And he wants to be a ^Dmcowboy, ^Gjust the way his daddy ^Cdid When he's on his broomstick ^Dmpony, ^Ghe's Hoppy Roy and the Sisco ^CKid And he wants to be a ^Dmcowboy, ^Gjust the way his daddy ^Cdid