C/G 
Traveling with the rodeo 
C7                            Dm7 
It's the only life I'll ever know 
G                        
It started in New Mexico 
G7                               C/G 
Must have been a thousand years ago 

C/G  
I used to be the best they say 
C7                                  Dm7 
At riding young wild horses for my pay 
G 
But now I'm much too old it seems 
G7                                C/G 
I only ride wild horses in my dreams 

They used to tell me 

Chorus: 
Dm7          G 
Ride em, cowboy 
Dm7             G 
Don't let em throw you down 
Dm7               G 
You can't make no money 
       G7          C/G 
If you hit the ground 
Dm7                  G 
They said, ride em cowboy 
Dm7            G 
Don't let em throw you down 
G7                             C/G 
You're the toughest cowboy in town 

Dm7        G               C/G 
I used to be a traveling cowboy 
Dm7            G                 C/G 
But now there's no place left to go 
E7                    Am 
What am I supposed to do 
D7                          G7 
Seems I'm left out in the cold 


[Refrão]
Chorus: 

C/G                          
Old Midnight was a champion 
C7                             Dm7 
He's the only bronc I couldn't ride 
G                                 
But now I hear old Midnight's blind 
G7                                   C/G 
And rides the little children for a dime 

C/G 
Ladies used to hang around 
C7                                Dm7 
I must have been a hero in their eyes 
G                          
My silver spurs are rusty now 
G7                               C/G 
Lord, I wish I'd tried to settle down 

They used to tell me 

Chorus: 

Traveling with the rodeo 
It's the only life I'll ever know