I'd Rather Be A Cowboy (Lady's Chains)
John Denver

Hammer on's are thru out song

Intro  D  Barre 1st 4 strings 2nd fret type D, 
          hammer on F# 4th string  
       D
       G/D hammer on B 5th string
       D  Barre 1st 4 strings 2nd fret type D, 
          hammer on F# 4th string
       D
       

D/with hammer on      D
Jessie went away last summer

  G/D/with Hammer on   D/HO
A couple of months ago
                      D 
After all our time together
       G/D                D
It was hard to see her go
    D/HO           
She called me right up
         D
when she arrived
         G/D                   D/HO
asked me one more time to come
                  D
Livin' on an L.A. freeway
         G/D               D
ain't my kind of havin' fun

G6          G             D    Em7 D G6
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
            G                    D  Em7 D G6
I think I'd rather ride the range
            G             D    Em7
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
D       A                  Asus4
Than to lay me down in love
                 D/HO   D
And Lady's chains

     D/HO                  D
When we were just begining
       G/D/HO           D/HO
It was such an easy way
                          D
Layin' back up in the mountains
        G/D/HO               D
singin' songs for sunny days
            D/HO                D
But she got tired of pickin' dasies
    G/D/HO                  D/HO
and cookin' my meals for me
                          D
She can live the life she wants to 
        G/D/HO               D
Yes and it's alright with me



G6          G             D    Em7 D G6
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
            G                    D  Em7 D G6
I think I'd rather ride the range
            G             D    Em7
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
D       A                  Asus4
Than to lay me down in love
                 D/HO   D
And Lady's chains

A              Asus4            G      D
I'd rather live      on the side of a mountain
     A              Asus4         G             D 
Than wander through canyons of concrete an steel
A               Asus4 D        G           D
I'd rather laugh      with the rain and sunshine
       C        G          E7          A
and lay down my sundown in some starry field

         D/HO               D
Oh but I miss her in the mornin'
     G/D/HO        D/HO
When I awake alone
                    D
The absence of her laughter
     G/D/HO             D
Is a cold an emty sound
        D/HO                D
But her memory always makes me smile 
    G/D/HO             D/HO
And I want you to know
                 D
I love her yes I love her
     G/D/HO               D
Just enough to let her go


G6          G             D    Em7 D G6
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
            G                    D  Em7 D G6
I think I'd rather ride the range
            G             D    Em7
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
D       A                  Asus4
Than to lay me down in love
                 D/HO   D
And Lady's chains


G6          G             D    Em7 D G6
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
            G                    D  Em7 D G6
I think I'd rather ride the range
            G             D    Em7
I think I'd rather be a cowboy
D       A                  Asus4
Than to lay me down in love
          D/HO    D  G/D/HO
And Lady's chains

D/HO  D  G/D/HO  D


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