Cowboys Are Common As Sin by Vern Gosdin
Key: EE | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro:  Strum “D”  in waltz time
Verse ONE
D                       G                    D
Just to damn pretty..to be in this bar-room alone
                                 G                          D
You must be out lookin’... for some-thing she can’t find at home.
      A                       G                      D
This smoky old tavern...ain’t no place for ladies to be.
                                   A                         D
You’re just askin’ for trouble ...hangin’ around cowboys like me.
Chorus
G                                           D
Ladies are ladies..even when they’re in dis-guise
         E                                             A  A7
And the look of a lady..shows through you blue velvet eyes
          D                             G                      D
You don’t wade in deep water...when you don’t even know how to swim,.some
                                A                       D
You see Ladies are ladies .and Cowboys are as common as sin
Instrumental : PLAY OVER THE LINES BELOW
 D                                      G                      D
You don’t wade in deep water...when you don’t even know how to swim,
                                A                       D
You see Ladies are ladies ..us Cowboys are as common as sin.
Verse TWO
D                  G                          D
Guitars and dobros can’t play your fav-or-ite tune
                               G                          D
and the music your after ain’t played in some cheep hotel room.
     A                     G                    D
The places I’d take you...sure ain’t no Holiday Inn
                                A                       D
You see Ladies are ladies ..us Cowboys are as common as sin.
Chorus
G                                             D
Ladies are ladies... even when they’re in dis-guise
         E                                             A   A7
And the look of a lady..shows through you blue velvet eyes
           D                            G                      D
You don’t wade in deep water...when you don’t even know how to swim,..some
                                 A                       D
You see Ladies are ladies ..and Cowboys are as common as sin
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          D                             G                      D
You don’t wade in deep water...when you don’t even know how to swim
                                 A                       D
You see Ladies are ladies ...us Cowboys are as common as sin