***************** LET'S ALL HELP THE COWBOY SING THE BLUES ****************

written and performed by Waylon Jennings.


Verse 1:
	  C/G				F
	Cowboys they are ladies men alright
	       D7	                     G7
	They love 'em up and talk 'em up all night
	  C/G					        F
	But they're lonely when there's nothin' else to do
               G7                              C/G
	That's what makes the cowboys sing the blues
          C/G				      F
	He does a little Shakespeare and he sings
              D7                          G7
	He plays the mandolin and other things
            C/G                       F
	He looks for love,beauty and I.Q.
              G7                                   C/G
	And that's what makes the cowboys sing the blues


Chorus:
	  G                               F                C/G
	Cowboys have to fall in love get hurt and all that bit
         G                                     F              C/G
	Let their heart hangs out so they can wright you all a hit
                                           F
	So ladies if they ask you,don't refuse
	   C/G               G7              C/G
	Let's all help the cowboys sing the blues


Verse 2:
	  C/G			       F
	Cowboys they don't ever understand
	     D7                           G7
	This thing between a woman and a man
	  C/G			             F
	Until they find the one they always lose
	     G7                                 C/G
	That's what makes the cowboys sing the blues
          C/G				   F
	A cowboy takes his lonely pen in hand
	     D7                       G7
	Tries to make somebody understand
	  C/G			           F
	She has ears to hear a different tune
	     G7                                  C/G
	That's what makes the cowboys sing the blues


Chorus.





David M. Potter : dmp12@cornell.edu