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The Old Nashville Cowboy Tab

by Hank Williams


Hank williams jr

The old Nashville cowboy


                                         
The old Nashville cowboy was burdened with time
                                             
He was bent by his years and the fight with the wine
                                           
With a head full of music and an old nursery rhyme
                                      
A heart full of sadness and dark sunken eyes
                                         
He told me they've cheated he told me they stole
                                                
The strenght from his youth and the songs from his soul
                                      
They said he was family till he got too old

And he called them miners mother Lord finders
                                 
Digging so deep in search of more gold

                                
Oh where are the cowboys and the home on the range
                             
Does anyone know that they've killed Jesse James
                                        
Now the good guys on TV seem bad ain't it strange
                                                                     
And the old Nashville cowboys missed out on the change


                                         
The old cowboy's life now is gone with the past
                                       
Like whiskey he drank it all went out too fast
                                      
He didn't know how to make each swallow last
                                               
And a head waitress won't be back to fill up his glass

                                
Oh where are the cowboys and the home on the range
                             
Does anyone know that they've killed Jesse James
                                 
Is anyone listening or is everyone blind
                                        
And old Nashville cowboys will sing for a dime
                                          
And hard times are cheap at the end of the line