Buckskin Jacket

CAPO 2 F Bb F Bb Bb F In her upstairs room she sits beside the window F Bb Starin till she just can't see no more Bb F Has it been a year or has it been forever F Bb B Since that cowboy left to fight that crazy war Eb F Bb So she wraps herself inside his buckskin jacket Eb F Bb You know the one that smells of horse and honest sweat Eb Bb F He was after all just a workin cowboy Eb F Bb She loved that boy with everything she had F Bb F Bb Bb F Freedom was one thing they always counted on F Bb Worth fighting for that's what they believed Bb F When a poster said we need more able bodies F Bb B He just looked at her and said they must mean me Eb F Bb He said one last night before I have to leave you Eb F Bb If I have to go and fight I'll fight to win Eb Bb F He left the upstairs room while she lay sleeping Eb F Bb With his buckskin coat against her naked skin F Bb F Bb Bb F He wasn't much for sentimental letters F Bb But he wrote to her as faithful as can be Bb F He said a cowboy who never took to water F Bb B Ain't it funny how I ended up at sea Eb F Bb For three long months that crazy war's been over Eb F Bb She wonders if she'll spend her life alone Eb Bb F Then she heard familiar footsteps in the hallway Eb F Bb By some miracle her cowboy made it home Eb F Bb So she wraps herself inside his buckskin jacket Eb F Bb You know the one that smells of horse and honest sweat Eb Bb F He was after all just a workin cowboy Eb F Bb She loved that boy with everything she had F Bb F Bb