INTRO: Am  
  
(The riff is made up of three notes: open 5th string A note, open 6th  
string  
E note and 6th string, 3rd fret G note)  
  
Am                                             F  
Seven hundred heads of cattle, an old forgotten trail  
  
G                                            Am  
Six cowboys, one old man and another day of hell  
  
Am                                    F  
Chuckwagon lagging behind from the strain of a broken wheel  
  
G                                                   E  
The only thing to look forward to is a campfire and a meal  
  
Am (repeat riff)  
  
Am                                                   F  
Sleeping 'neath an open sky, with just stars above their heads  
  
G                                          Am  
A saddle for a pillow and some sagebrush for a bed  
  
Am                                  F  
Waking up tomorrow was merely done by chance  
  
G                                                E  
Back when the west was wild and cowboys didn't dance  
  
                         C                    G                 Dm  
CHORUS: When cowboys didn't dance, didn't wear designer shirts  
  
                             F  
               And their hearts were filled with memories  
  
                       E  
               Their bodies filled with hurt  
  
                                C                     G  
               They would sit around the campfire  
  
                          Dm  
               And exchange a piercing glance  
  
              F                                                E             
        Am  
              Back when the west was wild and cowboys didn't dance.  
  
Am (repeat riff)  
  
Am                                                 F  
Pour coffee from an old tin cup, more sweat upon the brow  
  
G                                      Am  
Another day of chasing that same old lonely cow  
  
Am                                F  
And every new horizon began a brand new day  
  
G                                        E  
Thirteen hundred miles to go, slowly made their way  
  
Am                                                    F  
Across the plains of Texas through the Colorado snow  
  
G                       E  
Final destination, Blackfoot, Idaho  
  
CHORUS  
  
CHORUS  
  
Am                                             F  
Seven hundred heads of cattle, an old forgotten trail  
  
G                                            Am  
Five cowboys, one old man and another day of hell  
  
SOLO (Chorus chord progression)