Dm             Dm7     G       C        G      Am  
   I was never one for singing   what I really feel
F                        Dm    G                           Am
   Except tonight I'm bringin'   everything I know is real
C                   G                  G7        Bb
Stars they come and go  They come fast they come slow
                 A                 A7           Dm    F
They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
                   G      F G G7
They always have a story
    Am             Am7         C                    Am    F
But it gets lonely here  when theres no one here to share
                         Dm F                  G7
We can shake it all away      If you'll hear a story

Verse 2

C                   G                     Bb   Am
People lust for fame   like athletes in a game
                    G7                Dm
We break our collar bones and come up swinging
                    Dm7
Some of us are down    some are crowned  
F                           G
some are lost an never found
G7                  C   G    
Those thats seen it all   
Bb                       Am7          Dm
they live their lives in sad cafes an music halls
Dm7                G     G7
They always have a story

Verse 3

     Dm7                   C   
Some make it when they're young 
G                    Bb              Am7
Before the world has done it's dirty job
 Dm                   F
Later on someone will say you've had your day
             G        C  G
Now you must make way

Verse 4

                  G7      C   G
Some make it when they're old 
Bb                    Am             Dm             F
Perhaps they have a soul they're not afraid to bare
                           G      G7
Or perhaps there's nothin' there

Verse 5

C                   G                            Bb
Stars they come and go  They come fast they come slow
                  A                A7           Dm    F
They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
                    G      Am G G7 
And all they see is glory

Verse 6

Am                     Am7             C               
So if you don't lose patientce with my fumblin' around 
F                             
I'll come up singin' for you
G              C   G  Am7             Dm
Even when I'm down       I'll come up singing   
G
singing  
G7       C  G
singing


Chorus 1

       F     G    C      F  C
Like a Rhinestone cowboy  
       Cmaj7               C                 G  C  G
riding out on a horse in a star-spankled rodeo
            F    G     C      F C
Just like a Rhinestone cowboy 
        Cmaj7                  Am             Am7  G
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
        Dm            G        F     Em  Dm  F  Em  Dm  G  
Lord an offers comin' over the phone
                                     F  Em  Dm  F  G
Verse 7

          C                                           F        C
I've been walkin' these streets so long   singin' the same ole songs
                                               G        
I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway
      F
Where hustles the name of the game  
                                                   C    F  C
And nice guys get washed away like the snow an the rain
              G                            F            C
Theres been a load of compromisin' on this road to my horizion
    F                      D                     G
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Chorus 2

       F    G     C      F  C
Like a Rhinestone cowboy  
       Cmaj7               C                 G  C G 
Riding out on a horse in a star-spankled rodeo
       F    G     C      F C
Like a Rhinestone cowboy 
        Cmaj7                  C                   G            
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
        G7                     F     Em  Dm  F  Em  Dm  G
Lord an offers comin' over the phone
                                     F  Em  Dm  F  G
Verse 8

       C                     
Well I really don't mind the rain and a smile can hide all the pain
                                                            G        C G
But your down when you're ridin' the train thats taking the long way
    F                              
And I dream of the things I'll do with a subway token an a dollar tucked     

 Am7       C    G C
inside my shoe
               G                                F             C
There'll be a load of compromisin' Lord on that road to my horizion
    F                      D                     G  C  G
But I wanna' be where them lights are shinin' on me

Chorus 3

       F    G     C       F C
Like a Rhinestone cowboy  
       Cmaj7               C                 G  C  G
riding out on a horse in a star-spankled rodeo
            F    G     C      F C
Just like a Rhinestone cowboy 
        Cmaj7                  C                   G
Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know
                               F      Em  Dm  F  Em  Dm  G
Lord an offers comin' over the phone
                                       F  Em  Dm  
outro

       F    G     C      F  C
Like a Rhinestone cowboy