Tom: C C F C 1. Pushin' horns weren't easy like the movies said it was, \ G and I don't recall no dance hall girls or hotel rooms with rugs. C F C You worked hot and tired and nasty, rode you pony's head too low, G F there were all the nights you couldn't sleep 'cause it was too damn cold. C G C And you'd sing, "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe". C F C 2. Like the time we hit the river and the rains began to fall, \ G and the water was rising so damn fast we thought it'd drown us all. C F C We lost a lot of steers that day and four or five good mounts, \ G F but when all the boys rode into camp we knew that's what counts. C G C And we sang, "Yippee Ti Yi Yay" and "Amazing Grace". Am Em F C Or the night they broke behind us, and then they took us by surprise Am Em F G ~ I whistled out to Bonner I seen the terror in his eyes. C C7 F And he rode for all his horse would ride and I know he done his best, C G F but he crossed over Jordan ridin' Dunny to his death. C G C And we sang, "Bringin' in the Sheaves" and "The Rugged Cross". + InstrumentaL (similar to verse 1, line 1-4) : C - F - C - G C - F - C - G - C C F C 3. So when you see the cowboy, he's not ragged by his choice, \ G he never meant to bow them legs or put that gravel in his voice. C F C He's just chasin' what he really loves and what's burning in his soul, G F wishin' to God that he'd been born and hundred years ago, C G C still singin', "Strawberry Roan" and "Little Joe". + InstrumentaL (similar to verse 3, line 1-4) : C - F - C - G C - F - C - G - C ...