Topic: "Cowboy Dreams"
My Father grew up in Texas and he had a way of romanticizing cowboys and cowboy life so as a kid growing up that was what I wanted. But I grew up in the mountains of North Carolina and there wasn’t much call for cowboys there so that life never got started and the older I got the more difficult I realized the life of a real cowboy was. Still it was a nice dream for a boy and not a bad idea for a song.
Cowboy Dreams By Jeff Gilpin
June 15th, 2009
Verse 1
[E]When I was young I [A]wished I was a [E]cowboy
My [A]days in the [E]saddle [B7]night time under the stars
I was [E]sure I’d get good at [A]roping and riding in [E]no time
But as [B7]life turned out it [A]wasn’t in the [E]cards
[B7]Now I’m all grown up and [A]see through all the [E]glamour
A [B7]cowboy’s life’s a [D]harder life than [A]most
So I [B7]traded in my cowboy dreams for a [A]desk without a [E]saddle
At [B7]least a desk don’t [D]need a hitching [A]post [E]
Verse 2
I could [E]picture all those meals [A]eating round a [E]campfire
[A]Like in all those [E]movies that [B7]I watched while growing up
[E]I’d get my turn at [A]singing all them doggies [E]sleepy
[B7]Hoping that I [A]wouldn’t wake ‘em [E]up
[B7]I bet I’d get tired of that [A]camp food fairly [E]quick
[B7]Better fast-food [D]burgers on any [A]street
[B7]Beans and corn bread dinners [A]day after day after [E]day
[B7]Except when a cow [D]died we’d get some [A]meat [E]
Verse 3
Still I [E]don’t want to forget[A]dreams from my [E]childhood
[A]How I pictured [E]cowboy life [B7]just a boy back then
I [E]couldn’t see a down side in a [A]life out on the [E]range
[B7]Wondering when [A]that life could be[E]gin
Yet [B7]that life never came don’t [A]think it ever [E]will
My [B7]tastes have changed from [D]when I was so [A]young
I like a [B7]roof over my head [A]it don’t let the [E]rain in
I [B7]guess my boyhood [D]dreams are all but [A]done…
yippee [A]ki yi yay get a[D]long little [A]doggies
get a[A]long little doggies yippee [E]ki yi [E7]yay
yippee [A]ki yi yay get a[D]long little [A]doggies
My [D]cowboy [E]dreams aren’t [D]gone [A]
© Jeff Gilpin 2009
J E T S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
