The Cowboy And The Lady
Words & Music by Bobby Goldsboro
sung by John Denver
on Some Days Are Diamonds (1981)
Tune 6th string to D, capo 3 frets
Unusual Chords
Gmaj7 5x0432
Em7 220033
Ebmaj7 22x033
E7/G# 6x0430
A4 x02230
Em7/A x00030
D / Gmaj7 / Em7 / Ebmaj7 D
D G
In the airport lounge she sat, in a fancy feathered hat
Em7 A7 D
The grandest lady I had ever seen
G
Outside the heavy rain, had grounded all the planes
Em7 A7 D
So I asked her if she'd like some company
D G
In my rhinestone studded suit, my cowboy hat and boots
Em7 A7 D
I must have been a sight for her to see
G
But she said, "Pull up a chair", and she fumbled with her hair
Em7 A7 D
A more unlikely pair you'll never see
D G
I was Mogen Davis wine, she was Chablis '59
Em7 A7 D
but there we sat, the cowboy and the lady.
G
She was evenings at the opera, and summers in Paree
Em7 A7 D
I was Grand Ole Op'ry, Nashville, Tennesee
Bm A G D/F#
The cowboy and the lady, as diff'rent as could be
Em7 D/F# G E7/G# A4 A
But it seemed so right that rainy night in Tennesee
D G
And somewhere in between her Harvey's Bristol Cream
Em7 A7 D
and the beer I drank and the easy company
G A7
We somehow came together, for a night of stormy weather
Em7 A
Now there's a little bit of class in this old cowboy.
Em7 A7 D
There's a little bit of cowboy in the lady.
(guitar solo)D / Gmaj7 / Em7 / Ebmay7 D /
Bm A G D/F#
The cowboy and the lady, as diff'rent as could be
Em7 D/F# G E7/G# A4 A
But it seemed so right that rainy night in Tennesee
(inst.)
D G
Em7 A7 D
G A7
We somehow came together, for a night of stormy weather
Em7 A
Now there's a little bit of class in this old cowboy.
Em7 A7 D /
There's a little bit of cowboy in the lady.
Gmaj7 / Em7 A7 D /
D / Gmaj7 Em7 Em7/A /
D / Gmaj7 / Em7 Em7/A /
Copyright 1977 House of Gold Music Inc. (
geocities.com/hollywood/academy/3225/Folk) (
geocities.com/hollywood/academy/3225) (
geocities.com/hollywood/academy) (
geocities.com/hollywood)