Broken Down Cowboy
John FogertyVersion1TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high) Download chord source (.txt)
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D-DU-UDU
Intro --- 1x
If I was a gambling man,
never would have let you play your hand
with the broken down cowboy like me
Cos you never can trust your luck
he's bad news in a pickup truck
a broken down cowboy like me
He played every card he's got
had a good hand but he messed it up
With that bum-around tumble-down heart
Saddlebags full of pain
carries them around just like her middle name
a losing streak play them or dont
Oh he string you along sang you a lonesome song
but he wind up alone again
--- 2x
no matter how hard you try
never gonna let you get inside
that tumbled down broken down hard
it's a tough riding rodeo
mean hard stewin long time ago
a broken down cowboy like me
But the way I feel about you
wouldn't want that horse to hurt you to
a broken down cowboy like me
same as verse)
Oh he string you along sang you a lonesome song
but he wind up alone again
--- 2x
If I was a gambling man,
never would have let you play that hand
with the broken down cowboy like me
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Readable chord sheet for Broken Down Cowboy by John Fogerty
Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
Intro [G]-[D]-[C]-[D] 1x [G]If I was a gambling [D]man, [C]never would have let you play your hand with the [G]broken down [D]cowboy like [C]me [G]Cos you never can trust your [D]luck [C]he's bad news in a pickup truck a b[G]roken down c[D]owboy like m[C]e [G]He played every card [D]he's got [C]had a good hand but he messed it up With that[G] bum-around [D]tumble-down [C]heart [G]Saddlebags full of pai[D]n [C]carries them around just like her middle name [G]a losing streak [D]play them or [C]dont [D]Oh he string you[G] along[C] sang you a lonesome[G] song [D]but he wind up [G]alone again [D]-[C]-[G]-[C] 2x [G]no matter how hard you [D]try [C]never gonna let you get inside th[G]at tumbled down [D]broken down [C]hard [G]it's a tough riding rod[D]eo [C]mean hard stewin long time ago a b[G]roken down c[D]owboy like m[C]e [G]But the way I feel abou[D]t you [C]wouldn't want that horse to hurt you to a b[G]roken down c[D]owboy like m[C]e same as verse) [D]Oh he string you[G] along[C] sang you a lonesome[G] song [D]but he wind up [G]alone again [D]-[C]-[G]-[C] 2x [G]If I was a gambling [D]man, [C]never would have let you play that hand with the [G]broken down [D]cowboy like [C]me