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Willie Nelson - Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond Of Each Other (Chord)
Submitter: lmofle (1030) on 2/20/06 15 comments
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Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other
By Willie Nelson
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
rmofle at satx.rr.com
2/20/2006

             A                      D                         A
Well there's many a strange impulse out on the plains of West Texas
        E                                                A     E
There's many a young boy who feels things he can't comprehend
      A                             D                      A
And a small town don't like it when somebody falls between sexes
    E                                                       A
No, small town don't like it when a cowboy has feelings for men

Well I believe to my soul that inside every man there's a feminine
And inside every lady there's a deep manly voice loud and clear
Well, a cowboy may brag about things that he's done with his women
But the ones who brag loudest are the ones that are most likely queer


Chorus:
D                                            A
Cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other
    E                                                  A
Say what do you think those all saddles and boots was about
            D                                                                A
And there's many a cowboy who don't understand the way that he feels for his brother
      E                                                   A 
And inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out


Solo by Willie!


Well there's always somebody who says what the others just whisper
And mostly that someone's the first one to get shot down dead
So when you talk to a cowboy don't treat him like he was a sister
You can't f**k with a lady that's sleepin' in each cowboy's head


Chorus


And inside every cowboy there's a lady that'd love to slip out
 
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Not to sound mean I think this song sucks lol.
-rebelheart1440 | 2/20/2006
AMEN
-RONNIE | 2/20/2006
I don't judge them - I just tab them - I felt the same sick feeling as I did when I tab any Big & Rich:) Remember that this was written in 1981 and not by Willie Nelson.
-lmofle | 2/20/2006
Is this serious? The cowboy is and always has been a symbol of real men. Too me, this song and the movie Brockback Mountain don't make me sick just because of the homosexuality, but also the fact that they defile the image of the great American cowboy.
-falgorn | 2/20/2006
P.S. nothing wrong with the tab Larry thanks for all the work you put into the site so people like me who are beginners have a change to play the songs we love.
-rebelheart1440 | 2/20/2006
Larry...How 'bout them Bears"...nemO

-cowboynemo | 2/20/2006
ruined everything willie nelson ever wrote
-Nyper | 2/20/2006
Again - Willie Nelson DID NOT WRITE THIS!! Willie has always lived on the edge and this was recorded over 25 years ago..Willie is the same guy that sang about Shotgun Willie sittin' around in his underwear...
-lmofle | 2/20/2006
wtf is this, and why is willie nelson singing this. Is willie nelson gay? what album is this on? At first I thought this was a joke. I can't belive this s**t. First brokeback mountain now this, and willie nelson of all people.
-KnoxGodoy3 | 2/21/2006
nope,willie don't swing that way. he loves the ladies. he never wrote the song. the dude who wrote the song wrote it during the urban cowboy craze,and imagined willie singing it. that movie brokeback mountain is a fictional love story. cowboys didn't swing that way. they loved the ladies. they either had wives or just remained single. anyhow, when cowboys were away from their women,they'd wait 'til they got home,or they went to whoarehouses, as they travelled. Now, legendary musicians like Willie and Waylon and Cash,all sang cowboy songs.Willie is the biggest name left in
cowboy songs. it wouldn't imapact his career much. now, if someone made a movie about prison lovers, it wouldn't change anything
if Cash sang a song about that.He sang prison songs.But, if he were around today, he wouldn't like this cowboy love or even the topic of prison love. But, it wouldn't hurt his career if he sang a song like that. in short, willie loves the ladies,and he didn't write the song here.
-macg1 | 2/21/2006
I saw on CMT (or somewhere else) the other day that Willie recorded this song as a tribute to his long time road manager (?), but I could be wrong.
-prf12 | 2/21/2006
i still dont understand why willie nelson would sing this
-KnoxGodoy3 | 2/21/2006
I think you're digging too deep - Willie just got done with a Reggae album - he did Stardust back in the 80's which was all big band tunes - he just likes unusual songs...
-lmofle | 2/21/2006
lol you guys cant take a joke, whats so offensive about willie singing about gay cowboys, hes very progressive haha, its 2011 and willie nows that
-macklincaruso | 5/5/2011
Wow, it's really stupid that everyone feels the need to distance Willie from this song. Obviously he was comfortable singing a sincere and earnest cover of this gay cowboy song. He is willing to take other people's experiences seriously and compassionately. If you think that this contradicts some idea of the real man or the real cowboy then you have an extremely screwed up idea of what a real man is. What takes guts is singing a song like this even though you know that ignorant people will freak out.
-Pawel.cienin | 12/27/2015
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