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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cowboy Song – Thin Lizzy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: One half step down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-eb) Thin Lizzy Cowboy Song (1976) (Brian Downey/Phil Lynott) From: "Jailbreak" This is not easy to transcribe because there are no clear chords in the chorus: the guitars play melody/harmony-lines that together only suggest a certain chord but do not define it explicitly. The second "chord" in the chorus is a good example: the bass plays the note c# and the guitars put c# and e on top of that. This may be an A/C# on the one hand or (adding an imaginary g#) a C#m. The nature of the chords in the closing riff of the chorus (bass plays B – A- F# - E – A) is similarly undefined. Anyway, for this chord version I imagined someone who wants to provide a basic accompaniment on an acoustic guitar for a singer (maybe in a starry night by the campfire light ...). For the sake of playability I made some decisions that may of course be interpreted differently – to me they sound fine. I went for a C#m (which might as well be an A/C#, of course) and hints of "acoustic power chords" for the closing riff in the chorus. Enjoy! Suggestions and comments are highly welcome! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORUS
D1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + C#m1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Bm1 + 2 A5+ 3F#5 + 4E5 + A1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Bb|3---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Gb|2---------------|1---------------|4---------------|2---------------| Db|0---------------|2---------------|4-----2---------|2---------------| Ab|----------------|4---------------|2-----0---4---2-|0---------------| Eb|----------------|----------------|----------2---0-|----------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS e a d g b e C#m7/G# 4-4-6-4-5-4 C#m/G# 4-4-6-6-5-4 A/C# x-4-2-2-2(0) D/F# 2-x-0-2-3(2) E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO VERSE
A I am just a EcowboyF#m7 lonesome Eon the Dtrail A A starry night,C#m7/G# a campfire light F#m7 E D A The coyote call,E F#m7 the howEling winds Dwail A So I ride ouC#m7/G#t to the old F#m7sundown E D
INTRO CHORUS (instrumental) | D | C#m | Bm A5 F#5 E5 | A | | D | C#m | Bm A5 F#5 E5 | A | VERSE
A I am just a EcowboyF#m lonesome Eon the Dtrail A Lord, I'm just C#m/G#thinking about a certain F#mfemaleE D A The nights we spent toEgetherF#m ridEing on the Drange A Looking C#m/G#back it F#mseems so strange E D
CHORUS
D Roll me over and C#mturn me around Bm Let me A5keep spiF#5nning till E5I Ahit the ground D Roll me over and C#mlet me go Bm RidA5ing F#5in tE5he Arodeo
VERSE
A I was took in ETexasF#m I did not know Eher Dname A Lord, all these C#m/G#southern girls F#mseem the same E D A Down below the Eborder in a F#mtown in MeExiDco A I got my C#m/G#job busting broncs for the F#mrodeo E D
CHORUS
D Roll me over and C#mturn me around Bm Let me A5keep spiF#5nning till E5I Ahit the ground D Roll me over and C#mlet me go Bm Running A5free F#5with E5the Abuffalo
SOLO (= verse + chorus) | A | E | F#m E | D | | A | C#m/G# | F#m E | D | | A | E | F#m E | D | | A | C#m/G# | F#m E | D | | D | C#m | Bm A5 F#5 E5 | A | | D | C#m | Bm A5 F#5 E5 | A | CHORUS (variation) D C#m Bm A5 F#5 E5 | A | [D] Roll me over ... and I’ll turn around D C#m Bm A5 F#5 E5 | A | D C#m Bm A5 F#5 E5 | A | And I move my fingers ... up and down D C#m Bm A5 F#5 E5 | A | up and down NTERLUDE (Chorus variation) | D | C#m | Bm | A [break]| | D | C#m | Bm | A [break]| D C#m Bm A5 F#5 E5 | A | It’s okay amigo ... just let me go
D C#m Bm RiA5ding F#5in E5the Arodeo
INTERLUDE (Chorus variation) | D | C#m | Bm | A [break]| | D | C#m | Bm | A [break]| SOLO (= verse) | A | E | F#m E | D | | A | C#m/G# | F#m E | D | | A | E | F#m E | D | | A | C#m/G# | F#m E | D | CHORUS
D Roll me over and C#mturn me around Bm Let me A5keep spiF#5nning till E5I Ahit the ground D Roll me over and C#mlet me go Bm RidA5ing F#5in tE5he Arodeo
CODA
D Roll me over and C#mset me free Bm A/C# D/F# E/G# [break] A The cowboy's life is the life for me