[Intro] Am  E  Am  E

Am
It's been a long, dark, dirty road
F                       C
But a pocket full of gold
     E
And I've been out here now
Am
All on my own
Am
Well it's real quiet here
F                C
Just the way I like it here
         E
There's no one to bother me
       Am
Except

Am        F         C
In 1955, born into Wadena's pride
E
I laid my head on that
Am
Milligan creek bed
Am
When I was a young man
F                      C
I helped build this land
E                               Am
Oh I, put down these rails as a CPR man

Am
Thought I'd live forever
F                   C
With my heart in my pocket
       E
Oh, my gun by my side
       Am
And my feelings in a locket

Am                             F      C
Well, that was a cold year in 'Seventyseven
     E
But I married my wife
Am
We had 2 kids
Am
I gave her a daughter
F              C
She gave me a son
           E                        Am
And oh, we rode those damn horses until we had none

Am
Fists still like flyin'
F                  C
Doing things for dyin'
       E                            Am
Oh, I should have put that old gun away

[Refrão]

     F    G             Am
But I, I am a broken cowboy
     F      C             E
And I don't feel right no more
       F  G           Am
'Cause I am a broken cowboy

[Solo] Am  F  C  E  Am 
       Am  F  C  E  Am 

Am
Livin' life in the fast lane
F                C
Racing cars and robbing trains
   E
I thought I had it all
          Am
Then one day I got the call
Am
A father's worst dream
F           C        E
My son went down and I

Am
The colors deceive me
F        C
As I see grey
            E
Oh, you're cutting me down with those
Am
Cold words you're saying
Am
Then you called me brother
F                 C             E
But this can't be so cause you Slander my name
Am                             F  E  Am
anywhere the wind will blow, oh

[Refrão]

F         G             Am
But I, I am a broken cowboy
     F      C             E
And I don't feel right no more
        F  G           Am
'Cause I am a broken cowboy
    F   G            Am
Yes, I am a broken cowboy

Am
It's been a long dark dirty road
F                       C
But a pocket full of gold
    E
And I've been out here now
Am
All on my own
Am
Well it's real quiet here
F              C
Just the way I like it here
         E
There's no one to bother me
        Am
Except that old taunting tree