[song]{t:title"a life in the saddle"}

{pick base string and strum down }

1/[c]a life in the saddle,[f]going from town to town,
[c]getting work wherever,to[g]send some money home,
not[c]knowing which[f] trail to take,
but[g]get there just the[c] same.

chorus
i[f]may be down in tombstone, or[c]in abilene,
[f]across the mississippi, or[g]somewhere in between,
[f]riding across the black hills, or[c]in mexico too,
[f]a cowboys life goes anywhere, the[c]lonely trail leads.

2/[c]take some steers to[f]market,                                           or[f]working  the [c] fields,
as[f]long as there's a[c]dollar to be made,
a[g]cowboys life i[c]lead.

chorus
i[f]may be down in tombstone, or[c]in abilene,
[f]across the mississippi, or[g]somewhere in between,
[f]riding across the black hills ,or[c]in mexico too,
[f]a cowboys life goes anywhere, the[c]lonely trail leads.

3/[c]so if yoiu see a[f]cowboy,[g]with a ten dollar[c]hat,
just throw some work[f]his way, he'll[g]thank you for[c]that,
a meal and a bunk is[f]all he will need,
so he can[c]earn a dollar, to[g]send some money[c]home,

chorus
i[f]may be down in tombstone, or[c]in abilene,
[f]across the mississippi, or[g]somewhere in between,
[f]riding across the black hills or[c]in mexico too,
[f]a cowboys life goes anywhere the[c]lonely trail leads.
[/song]the end