Fm C# D# Fm D# x2 Fm Rode hard and put up wet C# I aimed down, but I canʼt get up yeah D# Fm D# Itʼs a long ride back to the way I want to feel Fm Sundown across the plain C# Iʼve been sore before, Iʼll be sore again D# Fm D# No place to hide to keep from running Fm Laid down in a cottonwood hallow C# I left the trail, no man could follow D# Fm D# Is it safe to rest my head again till morning? Fm Cracked throat and my canteenʼs dry C# And rain donʼt fall from an empty sky D# Fm 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 Fm Rode hard and come down tired C# Stripped from the saddle when the eye of the fire D# Fm D# And deep in dreams of women in clean water Fm And I did before what Iʼll do again C# So forgive me father if I have sinned D# Fm 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# Fm
