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The old Nashville cowboy was burdened with time
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He was bent by his years and the fight with the wine
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With a head full of music and an old nursery rhyme
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A heart full of sadness and dark sunken eyes
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He told me they've cheated he told me they stole
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The strenght from his youth and the songs from his soul
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They said he was family till he got too old
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And he called them miners, mother lode finders
                   D              G
Digging so deep in search of more gold

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Oh where are the cowboys and the home on the range
    D                         G
Does anyone know that they've killed Jesse James
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Now the good guys on TV seem bad ain't it strange
        G                            D          G
And the old Nashville cowboys missed out on the change


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The old cowboy's life now is gone with the past
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Like whiskey he drank it all went out too fast
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He didn't know how to make each swallow last
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And a head waitress won't be back to fill up his glass

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Oh where are the cowboys and the home on the range
    D                         G
Does anyone know that they've killed Jesse James
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Is anyone listening or is everyone blind
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And old Nashville cowboys will sing for a dime
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And hard times are cheap at the end of the line