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Cowboys And Horses Hobos And Trains
Recorded by Boxcar Willie
Written by Lloene Martin
[3/4 time]

C                  F         C
Cowboys and horses hobos and trains
                                        G7
They're gone forever from the rails and plains
C                  F         C
Cowboys and horses hobos and trains
                  G7          C
But Lord I'd like to see them again

                   F              C
Cowboys don't ride anymore on the range
                                   G7
Tattered old hobos no longer catch trains
C                    F            C
Six-guns and saddles handouts and stew
                     G7                  C
They're gone forever from a life that we knew

                       F                   C
The rails stand silent they're coated with rust
                                        G7
The bunkhouse is empty all covered with dust
C                         F                  C
And a ghostly voice sings refrains of Cattle Call
                G7                C
And echoes fade on the old Cannon Ball 

Repeat #1

                   F              C
The sun is setting on a time long ago
                                    G7
On cowboys and horses on trains and hobos
C                     F                   C
And the pages of time they turn so endlessly
                       G7           C
And the things we love are just memories 

Repeat #1   Like... 

                 G7          C
Oh what I'd give to see them again

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