INTRO:
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B|---------0-|
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D|-------0-0-|
A|---0-2---2-|
E|-3-------3-|


VERSE:
  G                          C            G
Away in a manger that's the song that he hums
          G                                         D
Pitchin' hay for the cattle and he's got horses to run
     G                         C
The snow on the pines is like tinsel that shines
         G                   D           G  G
There's work to be done, but he doesn't mind


CHORUS:
     Em                    D         C      G
His Christmas lights are stars in a Montna sky
 G                                          D   D
His Christmas cookies are ham biscuits he fried
    G                                   C
No stockings by his fire, just his ole cattle dog Gus
         G                            D            G  G
A glass raised to his Maker that's a cowboy Christmas


VERSE:
   G                      C              G
A strong cup of coffee, beans and corn bread
    G                                  D
No visions of sugarplums dance in his head
       G                          C
Just dreams of an old love they twirl and they spin
     G                             D          G  G
What he wouldn't give if he could hold her again


CHORUS:
 Em                  D              C           G
Barbed wire wrapped fencepost like garland on trees
    G                                           D  D
No mistletoe, no sweetheart, no presents he'll see
          G                            C
Just the warmth of a fire and his ole cattle dog Gus
         G                            D            G  G
A glass raised to his Maker that's a cowboy Christmas


INSTRUMENTAL:
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VERSE:
     G                         C              G
The doggies are sleeping, the wind's whining low
      G                                       D
It's time to bed down but in the firelight's glow
   G                        C
He opens his Bible the one his mama gave
            G                 D             G  G
Reads the story of Jesus born on Christmas day


CHORUS:
     Em                    D         C       G
His Christmas lights are stars in a Montana sky
 G                                          D   D
His Christmas cookies are ham biscuits he fried
    G                                   C
No stockings by his fire, just his ole cattle dog Gus
         G                            D            G  G
A glass raised to his Maker that's a cowboy Christmas

               G                         D            G  G
He'll tip his hat to his Maker that's a cowboy Christmas