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From: "mike hiner" tenbeers@fullnet.net
Performer: Red Steagall

Old Cowboys Like Me
4/4

(C) Lord I'm just a cowboy
(F) And you know cowboy ways
(C) You probably look at guys like me
The way I  look at (G)strays
(C) You know the kind that wonder off
(F) Away from all the herd
(C) I was truely lost myself
(G) Until I found the (C) Word

(F) My church is the great (G) out of doors
(C) My song is nature's sound
(F) The sky is my (C) cathedral
My altar is the (G) ground
(F) You must be fond of (C) mavericks
Cause You made them wild and (Am) free
(F) I know You've got a (C) place up there
For (G) old cowboys like (C) me

(C) Don't think that I don't love You
(F) Because I'm not herd bound
(C) Its just that I'm uncomfortable
With other folks (G) around
(C) I know You're all around me
(F) I see You every day
(C) Its just that I don't go to church
(G) Where other people (C) pray

(F) My church is the great (G) out of doors
(C) My song is nature's sound
(F) The sky is my (C) cathedral
My altar is the (G) ground
(F) You must be fond of (C) mavericks
Cause You made them wild and (Am) free
(F) I know You've got a (C) place up there
For (G) old cowboys like (C) me

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