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                 Lonesome Cowboy – Elvis Presley
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Written by: Sid Tepper, Roy C. Bennett
From: “Loving You” (1957)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 3rd fret
Play: Am / C
Key: Cm / Eb
For chords in original key transpose +3 (and “use flats”)
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
C6        x-3-2-2-1-0
Am7       x-0-2-0-1-0
Am6       x-0-4-2-1-0
F#dim7    2-x-1-2-1-x
D9        x-x-0-2-1-0 or x-5-4-5-5-x
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[Intro] (freely)
Am Am Am
         I am just a lonesome cowboy
Am
  And I'm travelling all alone
Am
   I ain’t even got a nickel
Am                        [ C ]
   To call my baby on the phone
| C | % | C | % |
        (whistling)
| C6 | % |
Ride, ride, ride
[Verse 1]
C                        C6
Just beyond the mountain lies a city
C                     C6
And I hear it calling me
C
Saddle up and ride, you lonesome cowboy
C6                                 | Am | % |
Here is where you'll find your destiny (destiny)
[Verse 2]
C
In my dreams the lights shine bright and pretty
C6
Near to me and yet so far (fa-ar)
C
Will I always be a lonesome cowboy
C6                       Am                Am7         Am6
Am I only reaching for a star (for a star, for a star, for a star)
[Bridge]
F                  F#dim7   | C | % |
Ride. ride, ride (ride along cowboy) Cowboy, cowboy
Am    AmMaj7 Am7  D9         | G | % |
Sing, sing, sing, sing a song cowboy
[Verse 2]
C
Will I ever leave this lonesome valley
C                                 C6
Really see the lights that shine (shi-ine)
C
Got to find what lies beyond the mountain
C6                                Am    Am6                                    D9
Got to rope and tie that dream of mine (dream of mine, dream of mine, dream of mine)
[Outro] (freely)
Am
I am just a lonesome cowboy
Am6
  And I'm travelling all alone
Am6 Am6
        If you don't call me baby
Am6 Am6
        Then I'm never coming home
                              Am
Then I'm never coming home