Collin Raye - Latter day cowboy

When the ^Cboy was no ^Fmore than a ^Cshaver ^C/E His ^G7old man told many a ^Ctale How his great grandad ^Fused to go drovin' ^C/E Back and ^Gsusforth on the ^G7old Chisholm ^CTrail ^C/E Now you ^Fmight say the boy got infected By a fantasy of the old ^Cwest ^C/E For his ^D7heart and his soul got connected To a ^G7spirit that won't let him ^Grest

Now ^Che don't wear ^C/Espurs that go ^Fjingle ^G He ^Cdon't spend his ^C/Enights 'round a ^Ffire ^G And ^Cit's diesel ^C/Eoil that his ^Fho^Grses requ ir^Gsuse ^{G C}He is a ^C/Elatter day ^Fcowboy ^{G C}Dressed as a ^C/Etruck drivin' ^Fman ^{G C}Drivin' his ^C/Ewheels and his ^Fdreams ^Gto Chey ^Cenne

He ^Cbeds down by the ^Fside of the ^Chighway ^C/E At the ^G7sight of the first evenin' ^Cstar In the darkness his ^Fbig pony idles ^C/E As he ^Gsusquietly ^G7strums his guit ^Car ^C/E And he ^Fsings out a song of his sweetheart Even as her sweet memory grows ^Cdim ^C/E And he ^D7sings of the trail he has chosen But the ^G7actual fact is the trail chose him

Now ^Che don't wear ^C/Espurs that go ^Fjingle ^G He ^Cdon't spend his ^C/Enights 'round a ^Ffire ^G And ^Cit's diesel ^C/Eoil that his ^Fho^Grses requ ir^Gsuse ^{G C}He is a ^C/Elatter day ^Fcowboy ^{G C}Dressed as a ^C/Etruck drivin' ^Fman ^{G C}Drivin' his ^C/Ewheels and his ^Fdreams ^Gto Chey ^Cenne

^CHe don't wear ^C/Espurs that go ^Fjingle ^G He ^Cdon't spend his ^C/Enights 'round a ^Ffire ^G And ^Cit's diesel ^C/Eoil that his ^Fho^Grses requ ir^Gsuse ^{G C}He is a ^C/Elatter day ^Fcowboy ^{G C}Dressed as a ^C/Etruck drivin' ^Fman ^{G C}Drivin' his ^C/Ewheels and his ^Fdreams ^Gto Chey ^Cenne ^CDrivin' his ^C/Ewheels and his ^Fdreams ^Gto Chey ^Cenne