C Cmaj7 Am Am
C Cmaj7 Am Am
[VERSE 1]
C Cmaj7
Daddy watched John Wayne on a corduroy couch
Am C
I didn't know Texas from a hole in the ground
Cmaj7
But it roped me in
Am
That's where it all began
C Cmaj7
A stick was a rifle
a bullet was a rock
Am
The good guys won and the bad guys lost
C Cmaj7
We climbed them trees
Am
We were wild and free
Dm Am F
Me and my buddies ran that town
[CHORUS 1]
C Cmaj7
We were cowboys
Am
Runnin' like wild horses that couldn't be tamed
C Cmaj7
We were cowboys
Am C
Didn't know nothing but we knew everything
Dm C
We never made it eight
never won a buckle
F
But man
we were something
C Cmaj7 Am Am
[VERSE 2]
C
Well when I turned sixteen my saddle was the front seat
C Cmaj7
Of that 1993 Silverado
Am C
On a dirt road
C Cmaj7
I was Eastwood cool with a Marlboro Red
C
Aztec blanket in an eight foot bed
Earnin' braggin' rights
Am C
Every Saturday night
Dm Am F
Them small town girls couldn't help but fall for us
[CHORUS 2]
C
We were cowboys
G C
Runnin' like wild horses that couldn't be tamed
C
We were cowboys
Am C
Didn't know nothing but we knew everything
Dm C
We never made it eight
never won a buckle
F C Cmaj7 Am G
But man
we were something
yeah
C Fmaj7 F F Dm
We were cowboys
[BREAK]
C
We were cowboys
Am
Jumpin' barbed wire fences and ropin' the wind
C
We were cowboys
Am
Naw
ain't a thing changed since we were kids
[CHORUS 3]
C
We were cowboys
C
Runnin' like wild horses that couldn't be tamed
C
We were cowboys
Am C
Didn't know nothing but we knew everything
Dm C
We never made it eight
never won a buckle
F
But man
we were something
Wouldn't change nothing
Dm
Couldn't tell us nothing
cause man
we were something
F C Cmaj7 Am
Damn
we were something
[OUTRO]
C Cmaj7 Am
Mmm
we were cowboys
C Cmaj7 Am
