verse 1 

D 
I'm a traveling man don't tie me down 
             G 
There's just too much living going all around 
  E7                             A7 
A man has got to see what he can see 
  D 
I love the road and I love the air 
       G 
And I don't worry, hell, I never care 
   E7                                A7 
I love my women, sometimes they love me 


verse 2 

         D 
But I was got one day, I still don't know how 
   G 
I didn't even like that town 
      E7                                            A7 
This fellow said "Stranger why don't you just go on home?" 
           D 
And I said "Man that's where I'm headed to 
        G 
And you couldn't stop me if you knew what to do." 
       E7                       A7 
And I left and I planned to go alone 


verse 3 

        D 
But the road was long and home was far 
      G 
So I stopped off at this little cowboy-looking bar 
  E7                                       A7 
I walked on through the door and she just smiled 
     D 
In a long pony tail and a pretty white dress 
          G 
She said "Hi,  bull riders do it best." 
        E7 
I said "Oh my God, what's your name? 
           A7 
My name's Lyle." 



[Refrão]

           D                G 
And I said ooh give back my heart chipkicker-redneck woman 
E7                                 A7 
Take your boots and walk out of my life 
D                      G 
Ooh give back my heart chipkicker-redneck woman 
E7             A7     D 
I can't be no cowgirl paradise 


verse 4 

  D 
I looked at her and she looked at me 
      G 
And I looked back and she looked back 
    E7                          A7 
And we went out together for a walk 
    D 
Her eyes were bright just like the stars 
        G 
But she drove a pickup said she hated cars 
    E7                              A7 
But loved to ride around out after dark 


[Refrão]

           D                G 
And I said ooh give back my heart chipkicker-redneck woman 
E7                                 A7 
Take your boots and walk out of my life 
D                      G 
Ooh give back my heart chipkicker-redneck woman 
E7             A7     D 
I can't be no cowgirl paradise 


Bridge 

           G                              D 
I told her redneckness has got to be a disease 
    E7                                    A7 
You catch it on your fingers and it just crawls right up your sleeves 
D                      G 
Ooh give back my heart chipkicker-redneck woman 
E7             A7     D 
I can't be no cowgirl paradise 


Verse 5 

     D 
Well how she did it I'll never know 
         G 
But it's been maybe 20 years or so 
        E7                                     A7 
And she cooks the supper and I try to pay the rent 
           D 
But I'm a traveling man don't tie me down 
             G 
There's just too much living go all around 
    E7                                 A7 
But I can't figure out quite where it went 


[Refrão]

           D                G 
And I said ooh give back my heart chipkicker-redneck woman 
E7                                 A7 
Take your boots and walk out of my life 
D                      G 
Ooh give back my heart chipkicker-redneck woman 
E7             A7     D 
I can't be no cowgirl paradise