The Cowboy And The Lady

Words & Music by Bobby Goldsboro
sung by John Denver
on Some Days Are Diamonds (1981)


Tune 6th string to D, capo 3 frets

Unusual Chords
Gmaj7       5x0432
Em7         220033
Ebmaj7      22x033
E7/G#       6x0430
A4          x02230
Em7/A       x00030

D     /     Gmaj7        /         Em7         /    Ebmaj7   D             

       D                             G
In the airport lounge she sat, in a fancy feathered hat
      Em7         A7          D
The grandest lady I had ever seen
                              G
Outside the heavy rain, had grounded all the planes
     Em7                 A7             D
So I asked her if she'd like some company

        D                          G
In my rhinestone studded suit, my cowboy hat and boots
  Em7               A7               D
I must have been a sight for her to see
                                          G
But she said, "Pull up a chair", and she fumbled with her hair
   Em7           A7                D
A more unlikely pair you'll never see

       D                          G
I was Mogen Davis wine, she was Chablis '59
      Em7              A7             D
but there we sat, the cowboy and the lady.
                                    G
She was evenings at the opera, and summers in Paree
       Em7              A7              D
I was Grand Ole Op'ry, Nashville, Tennesee

     Bm             A        G                  D/F#
The cowboy and the lady, as diff'rent as could be
        Em7       D/F#       G     E7/G#    A4      A
But it seemed so right that rainy night in Tennesee

     D                        G      
And somewhere in between her Harvey's Bristol Cream 
         Em7                 A7         D
and the beer I drank and the easy company
                                 G                  A7
We somehow came together, for a night of stormy weather
               Em7                              A
Now there's a little bit of class in this old cowboy.
           Em7           A7            D
There's a little bit of cowboy in the lady.

(guitar solo)D  /  Gmaj7   /   Em7  /   Ebmay7 D   /

     Bm             A        G                  D/F#
The cowboy and the lady, as diff'rent as could be
        Em7       D/F#       G     E7/G#    A4      A
But it seemed so right that rainy night in Tennesee

(inst.)
   D                                               G      
Em7                          A7                  D

G                A7
We somehow came together, for a night of stormy weather
               Em7                             A
Now there's a little bit of class in this old cowboy.
           Em7           A7            D              /
There's a little bit of cowboy in the lady.

Gmaj7  /       Em7   A7    D     /
D  /     Gmaj7    Em7     Em7/A    /
D    /   Gmaj7     /      Em7    Em7/A     /


Copyright 1977 House of Gold Music Inc.