Intro (x4): | G  D | C  D |

Verse 1:
                G     D         C        D          G
I'll bet you've never heard ole Marshall Dillon say
    D               C            D               G
Miss Kitty have you ever thought of running away
  D          C           D        G
Settling down, would you marry me
   D           C                    D             G
If I asked you twice and begged you pretty please
       D          C            D         G
She'd have said yes in a New York minute
     D                 C
They never tied the knot
D                G
His heart wasn't in it
 D              C            D
He just stole a kiss as he rode away
G          D       C           Cadd9
He never hung his hat up at Kitty's place

Chorus:
                   G      D   C
I should've been a cowboy
D                      G        D    C   D
I should've learned to rope and ride
G          D            C         D         G        D   C
Wearing my six-shooter, riding my pony on a cattle drive
D           G           D     C   D
Stealing a young girl's heart
G         D         C
Just like Gene and Roy
D             G         D
Singing those campfire songs
C      D                G     D  C
Oh, I should've been a cowboy

Verse 2:
             G          D           C      D
I might have had a side kick with a funny name
         G               D        C          D
Running wild through the hills chasing Jesse James
G      D         C        D
Ending up on the brink of danger
G           D          C      D
Riding shotgun for the Texas Rangers
    G         D          C          D
Go west young man, haven't you been told
    G          D          C         D
California's full of whisky, women and gold
         G         D              C       D
Sleeping out all night beneath the desert stars
   G          D         C            Cadd9
a dream in my eye and a prayer in my heart

Chorus:
                   G      D   C
I should've been a cowboy
D                      G        D    C   D
I should've learned to rope and ride
G          D            C         D         G        D   C
Wearing my six-shooter, riding my pony on a cattle drive
D           G           D     C   D
Stealing a young girl's heart
G         D         C
Just like Gene and Roy
D             G        D
Singing those campfire songs
C      D                G     D   C   D
Oh, I should've been a cowboy

Instrumental:
   G  D  C  D
   G  D  C  Cadd9

Chorus:
                   G      D   C
I should've been a cowboy
D                      G        D    C   D
I should've learned to rope and ride
       G          D            C         D         G        D   C
I'd be wearing my six-shooter, riding my pony on a cattle drive
D           G           D     C   D
Stealing a young girl's heart
G         D         C
Just like Gene and Roy
D             G        D
Singing those campfire songs
C      D                G     D   C
Oh, I should've been a cowboy


        D                 G     D   C
Yeah, I should've been a cowboy
  D                G   D   C   D
I should've been a cowboy

Outro (x4): G   D   C   D
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