D G D     (2x)

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Jesse went away last summer, a couple of months ago
                                    G               D
After all our time together, it was hard to see her go
                                                 G                D 
She called me right up when she arrived, asked me one more time to come
                                    G               D
Livin` on an L.A. freeway, ain`t my kind of havin`? fun

   G                       D
R: I think I`d rather be a cowboy
   G                           D
   I think I`d rather ride the range
   G                       D
   I think I`d rather be a cowboy
        A              Asus            D
Than to lay me down in love and lady`s chains

D G D D G D

When we were just beginning, it was such and easy way
Layin` back up in the mountains, singin` songs for sunny days
But she got tired of pickin` daisies and cookin` my meals for me
She can live the life she wants to, yes, and it`s all right with me

R: I think I`d rather be a cowboy...

A          Asus        G         D
I`d rather live on the side of a mountain
     A              Asus       G            D
Than wander through canyons of concrete and steel
A          Asus           G            D
I`d rather laugh with the rain and sun shine
    C           G          E7          A      Asus
And lay down my sundown in some starry field  

D                                  G            D
Oh, but I miss her in the mornin`, when I awake alone
                                     G              D
And the absence of her laughter is a cold and empty sound
                                     G                 D
But her memory always makes me smile and I want you to know
                           G                      D
I love her, yes I love her just enough to let her go

R: I think I`d rather be a cowboy... (2x)