COWBOY RIDES AWAY
As recorded by Gillian Welch
(From the 2020 Album BOOTS NO. 2: THE LOST SONGS)


[Intro]



[Verse 1]
             
Last call was 

         
an hour ago

So I'm drinkin

g up and going

 home

 I'm counting 

you a no-show
         
So what can I 

 
say?


[Chorus]
             
 I ought to be

      
 leaving town

Start walking 

with my head t

urned down

 I can't affor

d to hang arou

nd
             
For one more d

    
ay


[Verse 2]
             
I'm waiting on

           
 a used-to-be

I should be fl

ying free

Saint Chris is

 waving me
      
The right of w

ay


[Chorus]
             
 I ought to be

     
 leaving town

Start walking 

with my head t

urned down

 I can't affor

d to hang arou

nd
     
For one more d

ay


[Outro]
             
Hey hey hey, a

             
nd I don't eve

              
n want to stay
            
Mmm, and every

              
body knows tha

           
t the cowboy r

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ides away