Song For Jake Acordes

	  
verse 1 

             A        G 
I am an old cowboy 
                      D 
I don't ride much no more 
                A       G 
I came to this valley 
                 D 
right after the war 
                    Bm      G 
and I used to shoe horses 
                            D 
and there's some saddles I built 
                     A        G 
and I've rode after cattle 
                 D 
all over these hills 
   
verse 2  
                    A           G                    
Started out at the pitchfork 
                D 
when I was thirteen 
              A         G 
Riding young horses 
            D 
riding my dreams 
                         Bm         G 
and them old hands they taught me 
                      D 
all it takes is some nerve 
                 A                       G 
just throw a leg over and ride what you ride 
                   D 
for all that it's worth 

  
Bridge 1  
A                  G 
    Some folks regret 
                     D 
the lives that they lead 
      Bm                    G 
they stare out the window 
                  D 
they yearn to be free 
F# 
I live the life 
                  Bm     G 
that was given to me 
         D 
and I threw a leg over 
     A                      Bm      G 
and rode it for all it was worth 
       D         A 
Yes I rode it 
                 G       D 
for all it was worth 
   
verse 3  
                     A             G 
I was blue eyed and windburned 
                     D 
I was every girl's dream 
                    A            G 
Wild steers on the mountain 
                           D 
where the butt brush was green 
                           Bm         G 
and though some days were dark ones 
                           D 
when that old north wind blew 
                    A         G 
I just gathered my reigns 
                 D 
and I rode it through 
  
verse 4  
             A        G 
Time comes creeping 
                   D 
to wipe out your tracks 
                            A          G 
but if your trail's been a good one 
                        D 
you don't mind looking back 
                 Bm        G 
Dreams are like horses 
                      D 
they roam wild on the earth 
               A           G 
catch one and ride it 
                   D 
for all that it's worth 
  
Bridge 2  
A                 G 
   Some folks regret 
                D 
the lives they lead 
      Bm                    G 
they stare out the window 
                       D 
how they yearn to be free 
F# 
I live the life 
                  Bm     G 
that was given to me 
         D 
and I threw a leg over 
     A                      Bm      G 
and rode it for all it was worth 
       D         A 
Yes I rode it 
                G      D 
for all it was worth 
  
Outro  
             A       G 
I am an old cowboy 
                      D     
I don't ride much no more