Should've Been A Cowboy
Written & Recorded by Toby Keith (1993)

Intro.: |(G)(D)|(C)(G)| x 4 times

(Verse)
I bet you've (G)never (D)heard ol' (C)Marshal (D)Dillon say
(G) Miss (D)Kitty, have you (C)ever thought of (D)runnin' away?
(G) (D)Settlin' (C)down, would you (D)marry me
(G) If (D)I asked you twice (C) and begged you, (D)pretty please?
(G) (D) She'd have said, "(C)Yes", in a (D)New York (G)minute
(D)They never tied the (C)knot, his (D) heart wasn't (G)in it
(D) He just stole a (C)kiss as he (D)rode away
(G) He never (D)hung his (C)hat up at Kitty's place - - -

(Chorus)
I should've been a (G)cowboy (D)
(C) I (D)should've learned to (G)rope and (D)ride (C) (D)
(G)Wearin' my (D)six-shooter, (C)ridin' my (D)pony on a (G)cattle drive (D) (C)
(D)Stealin' the (G)young girls' (D)hearts (C) (D)
(G)Just like (D)Gene and (C)Roy
(D)Singin' those (G)campfire (D)songs
(C) Oh, I (D)should've been a (G)cowboy (D)(C) - - -

(Verse)
I might've (G)had a side-(D)kick with a (C)funny (D)name
Runnin' (G) wild through the (D)hills chasin' (C) Jesse (D)James
(G)Ending (D)up on the (C)brink of (D)danger
(G)Ridin' shot-(D)gun for the (C)Texas (D)Rangers
Go west, (G) young (D)man, haven't (C)you been (D)told?
Cali-(G)fornia's full (D)of whiskey, (C)women and (D)gold
Sleepin' (G)out all (D)night beneath the (C)desert (D)stars
With a (G)dream in my (D)eye and a (C)prayer in my heart - - -

(Chorus)
I should've been a (G)cowboy (D)
(C) I (D)should've learned to (G)rope and (D)ride (C) (D)
(G)Wearin' my (D)six-shooter, (C)ridin' my (D)pony on a (G)cattle drive (D) (C)
(D)Stealin' the (G)young girls' (D)hearts (C) (D)
(G)Just like (D)Gene and (C)Roy
(D)Singin' those (G)campfire (D)songs
(C) Oh, I (D)should've been a (G)cowboy (D)(C)

Solo: ||(G)(D)|(C)(G)|(G)(D)|(C)(G)||
          ||(G)(D)|(C)(G)|(G)(D)|(C) - - -

(Chorus)
I should've been a (G)cowboy (D)
(C) I (D)should've learned to (G)rope and (D)ride (C) (D)
(G)Wearin' my (D)six-shooter, (C)ridin' my (D)pony on a (G)cattle drive (D) (C)
(D)Stealin' the (G)young girls' (D)hearts (C) (D)
(G)Just like (D)Gene and (C)Roy
(D)Singin' those (G)campfire (D)songs
(C) Oh, I (D)should've been a (G)cowboy (D)

(Tag)
(C) Yeah, I should've been a (G)cowboy (D)
(C) I (D)should have been a (G)cowboy (D)(C)(D)
|(G)(D)|(C)(G)|   x   repeat to fade