Milk Cow Blues
Recorded by George Strait
Original release: Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys
Written by Kokomo Arnold

[Intro]
 4/4 time,each chord is 4 beats, count 1,2,3,4= 1 measure

           

[Verse 1]
            
Well I woke up

              
 this mornin' 

      
and I looked o

ut doors
            
I could tell m

            
y milk cow I c

ould tell by t

he way she low

s
            
If you see my 

            
milk cow, ooh 

              
please drive h

         
er on home
            
I ain't had no

              
 milk and butt

            
er since my mi

             
lk cow's been 

    
gone

         
[Verse 2]
            
Well you've go

              
t to treat me 

           
right honey, d

ay by day
            
Get out your l

              
ittle prayer b

              
ook get down u

 
pon your knees

 and pray
              
Cause you're g

            
onna need me, 

            
you're gonna n

            
eed my help so

       
me day
            
Yeah you're go

              
ing to be sorr

            
y you treat me

         
 this way

[Instrumental]
Use same chords as intro, like 2 or 3 times through


[Verse 3]
            
Sail on, sail 

            
on, Sail on li

            
ttle gal, sail

                   
 on
            
Sail on, sail 

            
on,  Sail on l

            
ittle gal, sai

     
l on
              
You're gonna k

            
eep right on t

         
wo sailin, til

l you loose
            
your, happy ho

    
me.

[Instrumental]
Again, use same as intro again, 2 or 3 times through

[Verse 4]
            
Well good even

            
ing, don't tha

              
t sun look goo

             
d going down.
            
I said, Well g

             
ood evening do

             
n't that sun l

              
ook good going

           
 down.
              
Don't that ol'

            
 army cot look

            
 lonely when y

              
our lover ain'

              
t no place aro

    
und .

[Bridge]
N.C.
Strum the chords with a plam mute on the "one" beat only, through 7 measures.
N.C.
Count 1,2,3,4 = 1 measure

            
Now I've tried

              
 everything ba

     
by to get alon

g with you,
            
And now I'm go

              
nna tell you w

    
hat I'm gonna 

do,
            
I'm gonna stop

              
 cryin' gonna 


leave you alon

e
            
If you don't t

              
hink I'm leavi

              
n' big mamma, 

     
just count the

 days I'm gone
              
Cause you ain'

            
t gonna see me

            
, you ain't go

            
nna see my swe

          
eet face no mo

re
            
Yeah you're go

              
nna be wonderi

            
n' honey, wher

              
e in this worl

          
d I've gone...

 
milk cow blues

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