INTRO: C  G  C

C                                       F
Guitars and whiskey in a honky tonk somewhere
                         C                                    G
Cowboy angel said here's one about a girl with flowers in her hair
     C                                                  F
Wild flowers, asked the Knoxville boy, no the cowboy replied
                            C                            G           C
A wild rose like those that grows along the road, a slow burnin' suicide


CHORUS:
          F                                          C
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel, it's too late anyhow
                                                             G
He's too far gone, still ridin' on your tears can't help him now
      F                     G                C             F
Don't waste your love sweet Magdelene, it'll only slow him down
          C                               G                 C
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel ridin' out to that sweet town


D                                                      G
From Babylon to Joshua Tree, you could taste it in the air
                         D                              A
That grevious wine of sympathy and a cross no man could bear
     D                                                        G
Are you goin', asked the Knoxville boy, hell yeah the cowboy replied
                             D                  A          D
Then he blew his mind like a dandelion and rode off in the night


CHORUS:

          G                                          D
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel, it's too late anyhow
                                                             A
He's too far gone, still ridin' on your tears can't help him now
      G                     A                D             G
Don't waste your love sweet Magdelene, it'll only slow him down
          D                               A                 D
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel ridin' out to that sweet town


          G                  D            A                 G       D A D
Don't you cry for the cowboy angel ridin' out to that sweet town