C     F
C     F

[Verse]
C                     F
  When I was young and just a boy
  C              F
I Had myself a dream
C           G          Am
  I'd get a horse and ride the range
F              G
  With Roy and Gene
C                           F
  We'd save the girl in the nick of time
    C                F
And have the fastest guns
C        G              Am
  Sing a song while the credits rolled
F                        G
  And disappear into the setting sun

F                       C
  I didn't want to play football
F                  C
  Or be a business man
F                   C                F                G
  All I ever really wanted to do was play in a cowboy band

[Chorus]
   F 
So give me a guitar
         C
And some shined up boots
        F                 C
And I'll show you where I stand
F                      C      Am
  Somewhere out on the Navajo trail
F              G      C  
  Playin' in a cowboy band

      F
C     F

[Verse]
C                    F
  When I was nine I stood in line
       C                       F
To see Merle and The Strangers play
             C        G            Am
But when the show was over and the lights went down
  F                  G
I climbed up on that stage
C                        F
   I looked at all those vacant seats 
    C             F
and I just had to smile
         C        G        Am
'Cause I knew one day that I would play 
              F              G
and they'd be dancin' in the aisles

[Chorus]
   F 
So give me a guitar
         C
And some shined up boots
        F                 C
And I'll show you where I stand
F                      C      Am
  Somewhere out on the lone prarie  
F              G      C  
  Playin' in a cowboy band

F
C     F

[Bridge]
Am                             F              C
   Listen to the rhythm of the bass and drums
Am                                F              G
   (Eh-EEH Eh-EEH) It sounds like cowboys on the run (Woo hoo-OOooh)

C     F
C     F

C  Bm  Am  
F     G

[Chorus]
   F 
So give me a guitar
         C
And some shined up boots
        F                 C
And I'll show you where I stand
F                      C      Am
  Somewhere out on the stage tonight  
F              G         C  
  Playin' in a cowboy    band
F                             C          Am
  And I just might be in your hometown tonight
F             G        C
Playin' in a cowboy    band

      F
C     F

[Outro]
        In a cowboy 
C        F 
  band  
C     F
        Ye-heeeee
C     F

C     F

C     F
        In a cowboy 
C      F
band         ye
C     F

C     F