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B           B7              E 
Well, I'm writing you this letter 
                        B 
and it's a long time overdue 
                                     F#7 
You're thinkin' "Just mind your own business" 
                            B 
I wouldn't blame you if you do 
             B7                E 
You know our range is gettin' smaller 
                          B 
Hear you're all busted up inside 
                                 F#7 
But it ain't the Broncos that'll kill you 
                                 B 
It's just that damned old cowboy pride 
       B7                E 
Cowboy pride can always get a man through 
                             B 
but cowboy pride will make a fool of you 
               F#7 
Good women are hard to find 
                      B 
I'm talkin' about the faithful kind 
               B7                E 
I hear you're running with that waitress 
                         B 
and she's under age and wild 
                                    F#7 
You know your wife's the best there is, fella 
                             B 
Would you move in with that child? 
           B7                  E 
She stuck with you through the hard times 
                            B 
Think of all the nights she cried 
                    F#7 
Will she be another victim 
                        B 
of that same old cowboy pride 

(Change to Key of C) 
C           C7               F 
Guess it's time to close my letter 
                                  C 
It's just somethin' that I had to do 
                           G7 
You know I made the same mistake once 
                             C 
before she fell in love with you 
           C7                F 
So go home to your wife and family 
                            C 
It's time to put the past aside 
                         G7 
So you don't end up like me now 
                        C 
Nothin' left but cowboy pride 
           C7              F 
Cowboy pride can always get a man through 
                             C 
but cowboy pride will make a fool of you 
               G7 
Good women are hard to find 
                       C 
I'm talkin' about the faithful kind 
                  G7 
Don't end up like me now 
                              C 
with nothin' left but cowboy pride