Em C D Em D x2 Em Rode hard and put up wet C I aimed down, but I canʼt get up yeah D Em D Itʼs a long ride back to the way I want to feel Em Sundown across the plain C Iʼve been sore before, Iʼll be sore again D Em D No place to hide to keep from running Em Laid down in a cottonwood hallow C I left the trail, no man could follow D Em D Is it safe to rest my head again till morning? Em Cracked throat and my canteenʼs dry C And rain donʼt fall from an empty sky D Em D So Iʼll whisper Hail Marys till the sun comes up C Now donʼt tell me that part of the story when G D The cowboy falls in love C When itʼs raining in his pistol G D And his saddle, and the stars above G D When the candleʼs burninʼ down G C And when midnight comes around G D Now all the best that we can hope for C Is to be laughing when we finally hit the ground Em Rode hard and come down tired C Stripped from the saddle when the eye of the fire D Em D And deep in dreams of women in clean water Em And I did before what Iʼll do again C So forgive me father if I have sinned D Em D But the old wood cracks, before it bends C Now donʼt tell me that part of the story when G D The cowboy falls in love C When itʼs raining in his pistol G D And his saddle, and the stars above G D When the candleʼs burnin down G C And when midnight comes around G D Now all the best that we can hope for C Is to be laughing when we finally hit the ground C Now donʼt tell me that part of the story when G D The cowboy falls in love C When itʼs raining in his pistol G D And his saddle, and the stars above G D When the candleʼs burnin down G C And when midnight comes around G D Now all the best that we can hope for C Is to be laughing when we finally hit yeah G D When the candleʼs burnin down G C And when midnight comes around G D Now all the best that we can hope for C Is to be laughing when we finally hit the ground G D G C G D C Em
