D                     A
Well first off I'm an Okie
Bm               A
So don't call me Tex
   G                    D              A         Bm     A  
No I don't mind you askin bout this cast here on my leg
D              A
I had a little bad luck
       Bm            A
with a bull in Santa Fe
   G                        D
He stomped me good but I'll ride tonight
           G                 A
Cause if I don't I don't get paid
G          D               A             D
No I never thought about a safer line of work
       G           D            G             A
With a little more security that won't get me hurt

**CHORUS**

        G            D
You can take away my pick up
       G          D
Put me in a black sedan
     G              D
Hung up my hat, spurs and boots
         D      G   A
Ditch my Copenhagen can
       G             D
Put me in a highrise office
        G               D
make me wear a suit and tie
G             D
But I'll be a cowboy 
           A     D
'Til the day I die

Verse II

D                  A
Unless your one of us 
       Bm           A
You'll never understand
   G                 D
Cowboyin' ain't just what I do
 A    Bm    A
It's who I am
         D             A 
It's how I think, It's what I feel 
                Bm         A
It's the way of life I love
G                  D
No it ain't like I had a choice
G          A
It's in my blood