Old Cowboy Blues

C Em F C Em F C G F G It's a fact that you're gettin older, man don't it seem like the winter's are colder F C G You get tired so easy and you can't stand the heat C G F C That's just the old cowboy blues when you wear out your first pair of house shoes F G You don't get as much done and work ain't as much fun as it used to be C Em F C Still you wanna ride with boys when you hear that noise, I swear it sounds like thunder F C G When they ride off the hill and down through town you can't stand the thumb you're livin under C Em F C Cause there's places out there that you ain't been and you've heard about cattle that's never been penned F G C The hardest part of all is layin there at night and wanderin, if you still can C Em F C Em F C G F G Don't it scare you that the rows are shorter and your old starter it's startin harder F C G You finally figured out that you ain't made of steel C G F C That's just the old cowboy blues when you wear out your first pair of house shoes F G You used to be afraid they wouldn't buck now you're afraid they will C Em F C Still you wanna ride with boys when you hear that noise, I swear it sounds like thunder F C G When they ride off the hill and down through town you can't stand the thumb you're livin under C Em F C Cause there's places out there that you ain't been and you've heard about cattle that's never been penned F G C The hardest part of all is layin there at night and wanderin, if you still can C Em F F C Em F That's the cowboy blues C Em F Cowboy blues C Em F Cowboy blues C Em F C Em F C