The Only One I Know Cowboy Life

E A Another Jake break wakes me up to a hotel lobby coffee cup, C#m B A That dirty old white pickup truck with the trailer hooked up by the Denny's she's mine E A Last night's bugs on the windshield, fast food trash on the dash meal C#m B A A speeding ticket and a doctor bill from a gash I got from a short go in Casper, A Summer of last year, maybe next year A E A E A Oh, and I ride and I fall, One day I might win 'em all, E B It's just broken hearts and broken bones, and a hell of a whole lot of being alone E A E A But I ride and I roam, where I hang my hat is home E B A This cowboy life might k**l me, but it's the only one I know E A Cell phone was breaking up, the night she called to say she'd had enough C#m B A Of my little white lies, little white lines, wanting somebody who could never be with her E A I look back on every fork in the road that I took to chase that buckle of gold C#m B A And wonder if what I held from what I hold is worth trading away, hell, I don't know All I know A E A E A Oh, and I ride and I fall, One day I might win ’em all, E B It's just broken hearts and broken bones, and a hell of a whole lot of being alone E A E A But I ride and I roam, where I hang my hat is home E B E This cowboy life might k**l me, but it's the only one I know [ E] E A Yeah it'll k**l me before it ever lets me go, E It'll k**l me, but it's the only life I know A E B And I'd rather die than be caught crying, so I just smile and wear my hat down l—o-w A Wear my hat down low E A E A And I ride and I fall, One day I might win 'em all, E B It's just broken hearts and broken bones, and a hell of a whole lot of being alone. E A E A But I ride and I roam, where I hang my hat is home E B E This cowboy life might k**l me, but it's the only one I know B E A E Yeah this cowboy life might k**l me, but it's the only one I know