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Cowboy Song

Joe Purdy
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Pick  me up softly, I don't know the shape that I'm in
I  dropped through the windows and down through the buildings
 And up to  the front door again
There  was a gunfight out in the moonlight
 To settle the matters at hand
So  pick me up stranger, pick me up softly
I  don't know the shape that I'm  in
And  I did my best with my time in the West
And  I tried not to leave anyone in distress
And  I have stood tall yeah and  I never lied
That's  a lie
But  I surely tried
To  do everything  I could do  right
Pick  me up softly, I don't know how much I've been hurt
One  bullet missed me, the other one kissed me
And  left me to die in the dirt
They  killed every last man and shot down my Suzanne
It's  over whatever it's worth
So  pick me up stranger, pick me up softly
I  don't know how much I've been hurt
 Repeat chorus
Pick  me up softly, I don't know long I have left
Oh  I am not hurtin', but death is a-certain
 There's a bullet that  lays in my chest
I'm  flooded with memories and people and sweet dreams
And  words to my favourite songs
 And I'll buy the last round if you lay my head down
And  sing one for me when I'm gone
 Repeat chorus

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Readable chord sheet for Cowboy Song by Joe Purdy

[C]Pick me up softly, I don't know the shape that I'm in
[F]I dropped through the windows and down through the buildings
And up to[G] the front door again
[C]There was a gunfight out in the moonlight

To settle the matters at hand
[F]So pick me up stranger, pick me up softly
[G]I don't know the shape that [C]I'm in

[C]And I did my best with my time in the West
[F]And I tried not to leave anyone in distress
[G]And I have stood tall yeah [C]and I never lied
[F]That's a lie
[G]But I surely tried
[C]To do everyt[F]hing I could do[G] right

[C]Pick me up softly, I don't know how much I've been hurt
[F]One bullet missed me, the other one kissed me
[G]And left me to die in the dirt
[C]They killed every last man and shot down my Suzanne
[F]It's over whatever it's worth
[G]So pick me up stranger, pick me up softly
[C]I don't know how much I've been hurt      [F]        [G]

Repeat chorus
[C]Pick me up softly, I don't know long I have left
[F]Oh I am not hurtin', but death is a-certain
There's a bullet tha[G]t lays in my chest
[C]I'm flooded with memories and people and sweet dreams
[F]And words to my favourite songs

And I'll buy the last round if you lay my head down
[G]And sing one for me when I'm gone

Repeat chorus

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