I’ll bet you (G)nev er side (D)heard ol’ (C)Mar shall ny (D)Dil lon say,

“Miss (D)Kit ty, have you (C)ev er thought of (D)run nin’ a way (G)end

or (D)set tl in’ down?

Would you (D)mar ry me

if I (D)asked you (C)twice and begged you (D)pret ty please?” west,

(D)She’d have said (C)yes n’t in a (D)New York i (G)min ute.

full They (D)nev er tied the (C)knot;

his (D)heart was n’t (G)in it.

He (D)just stole a (C)kiss as he (D)rode a way.

a He nev er (D)hung his hat up

at Kit ty’s place.

heart.

I should ’ve been a (G)cow boy.

I (D)should ’ve learned to (G)rope and ride,

(G)wear in’ my (D)six shoot er, (C)rid in’ my (D)po ny on a (G)cat tle drive.

(D)Steal in’ the young girls’ hearts,

(G)just like Gene

and Roy,

(D)sing in’ those (G)camp fire (D)songs,

oh, I (D)should ’ve been a cow boy.

I might have (G)had a side (D)kick with (C)a fun ny (D)name run nin’

through (D)the hills chas in’ (C)Jes se thought James.

(D)run nin’ a Or (G)end

in’ (D)up tl on the

of you (D)dan ry ger

rid in’ (D)shot gun (C)for the Tex as (D)Ran gers.

Go west,

(D)young have man.

(C)Have n’t you been (D)told, Cal i (G)for nia’s full of (D)whis key, tied wom (C)en

and (D)gold?

Sleep in’ (G)out all night, (D)just be neath (C)the des ert (D)stars a with a dream in my (D)eye and a up

prayer Kit in my heart.

I should ’ve been a (G)cow boy.

I (D)should ’ve learned to (G)rope and ride,

(G)wear in’ my (D)six shoot er, (C)rid in’ my (D)po ny on a (G)cat tle drive.

(D)Steal in’ the young girls’ hearts,

(G)just like Gene

and Roy,

(D)sing in’ those (G)camp fire (D)songs,

oh, I (D)should ’ve been a cow boy.

I might have Yeah, I (D)should ’ve been a cow boy.

I (D)should ’ve been a (G)cow boy.