John Denver

^D - ^G - ^D x2
^D Jesse went away last summer, a ^G couple of months ^D ago
After all our time together, it was ^G hard to see her ^D go
She called me right up when she arrived, asked me ^G one more time
to ^D come
Livin' on an L.A. freeway, ain't my ^G kind of havin' ^D fun
^G I think I'd rather be a ^D cowboy
^G I think I'd rather ride the ^D range
^G I think I'd rather be a ^D cowboy
Than to ^A lay me down in ^Asus love and lady's ^D chains
^D - ^G - ^D x2
^D When we were just beginning, it was ^G such and easy ^D way
Layin' back up in the mountains, singin' ^G songs for sunny ^D days
But she got tired of pickin' daisies and ^G cookin' my meals for ^D
me
She can live the life she wants to, yes, and ^G it's all right with ^D me
^G I think I'd rather be a ^D cowboy
^G I think I'd rather ride the ^D range
^G I think I'd rather be a ^D cowboy
Than to ^A lay me down in ^Asus love and lady's ^D chains
^A I'd rather ^Asus live on the ^G side of a ^D mountain
Than ^A wander through ^Asus canyons of ^G concrete and ^D steel ^A I'd rather ^Asus laugh with the ^G rain and sun ^D shine And ^C lay down my ^G sundown in ^E7 some starry ^A field ^{Asus
A Asus
D} Oh, but I miss her in the mornin', ^G when I awake ^D alone
And the absence of her laughter is a ^G cold and empty ^D sound
But her memory always makes me smile ^G and I want you to ^D know
I love her, yes I love her ^G just enough to let her ^D go
^G I think I'd rather be a ^D cowboy
^G I think I'd rather ride the ^D range
^G I think I'd rather be a ^D cowboy
Than to ^A lay me down in ^Asus love and lady's ^D chains
^G I think I'd rather be a ^D cowboy
^G I think I'd rather ride the ^D range
^G I think I'd rather be a ^D cowboy
Than to ^A lay me down in ^Asus love and lady's ^D chains