Should've Been a Cowboy

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{section: Intro}
{[G] [D] [C] [D]} x6

{section: Verse 1}
I'll bet you've [G]never [D]heard ole [C]Marshall [D]Dillon say [G]

Miss[D] Kitty have you [C]ever thought [D]of running away [G]

Se[D]ttling down[C], would you [D]marry me [G]

If [D]I asked you [C]twice and begged you [D]pretty please [G]

She'd h[D]ave said ye[C]s in a New Yo[D]rk minute [G]

They [D]never tied the kno[C]t

[D]His heart wasn't [G]in it

H[D]e just stole a [C]kiss as he ro[D]de away

[G]He never hu[D]ng his h[C]at up at Kitty's place

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I should've been a [G]cowboy  [D]        [C]

[D]I should've learned to [G]rope and [D]ride   [C]         [D]

Wearing [G]my six-shoo[D]ter, ri[C]ding by p[D]ony on a cattle dri[G]ve   [D]        [C]

[D]Stealing a y[G]oung girl's [D]heart  [C]        [D]

[G]Just like [D]Gene and R[C]oy

[D]Singing those [G]rodeo s[D]ongs

[C]Oh I sh[D]ould've been a c[G]owboy  [D]        [C]

{section: Verse 2}
I might of [G]had a side [D]kick with a [C]funny n[D]ame

Running w[G]ild through the [D]hills cha[C]sing Jesse [D]James

[G]Ending [D]up on the [C]brink of [D]danger

[G]Riding shotg[D]un for the [C]Texas R[D]angers

Go w[G]est young [D]man, haven'[C]t you been [D]told

Cali[G]fornia's fu[D]ll of whisk[C]y, women a[D]nd gold

Sleeping [G]out all ni[D]ght beneath the[C] desert [D]stars

A d[G]ream in my [D]eye and a [C]prayer in my [D]heart

{section: Chorus}
I should've been a [G]cowboy  [D]        [C]

[D]I should've learned to [G]rope and [D]ride   [C]         [D]

Wearing [G]my six-shoo[D]ter, ri[C]ding by p[D]ony on a cattle dri[G]ve   [D]        [C]

[D]Stealing a y[G]oung girl's [D]heart  [C]        [D]

[G]Just like [D]Gene and R[C]oy

[D]Singing those [G]campfire [D]songs

[C]Oh I sh[D]ould've been a c[G]owboy  [D]        [C]