Intro F Bb F Bb Verse 1 Bb F In her upstairs room she sits beside the window F Bb Starin till she just can't see no more Bb F Has it been a year or has it been forever F Bb B Since that cowboy left to fight that crazy war Chorus Eb F Bb So she wraps herself inside his buckskin jacket Eb F Bb You know the one that smells of horse and honest sweat Eb Bb F He was after all just a workin cowboy Eb F Bb She loved that boy with everything she had Instrumental F Bb F Bb Verse 2 Bb F Freedom was one thing they always counted on F Bb Worth fighting for that's what they believed Bb F When a poster said we need more able bodies F Bb B He just looked at her and said they must mean me Chorus Eb F Bb He said one last night before I have to leave you Eb F Bb If I have to go and fight I'll fight to win Eb Bb F He left the upstairs room while she lay sleeping Eb F Bb With his buckskin coat against her naked skin Instrumental F Bb F Bb Verse 3 Bb F He wasn't much for sentimental letters F Bb But he wrote to her as faithful as can be Bb F He said a cowboy who never took to water F Bb B Ain't it funny how I ended up at sea Chorus Eb F Bb For three long months that crazy war's been over Eb F Bb She wonders if she'll spend her life alone Eb Bb F Then she heard familiar footsteps in the hallway Eb F Bb By some miracle her cowboy made it home Eb F Bb So she wraps herself inside his buckskin jacket Eb F Bb You know the one that smells of horse and honest sweat Eb Bb F He was after all just a workin cowboy Eb F Bb She loved that boy with everything she had Instrumental F Bb F Bb
