C
I've been walking these streets so long
Singing the same old song
                                             G  (Gsus4 G)
I know every crack in the dirty sidewalks of Broadway
            F
Where hustle is the name of the game
    Dm                   F                           C
And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain
                G
There's been a load of compromising
            F               C
On the road to my horizon
    F                      Dm                    G   (Dm G)
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me


[Chorus]

       F     G    C       (F C)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
C                           Cmaj7             G (C G)
Riding out on a horse in a star spangled rodeo
       F    G     C       (F C)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
C                             Cmaj7                G
Getting cards & letters from people I don't even know
G                           F     *
And offers coming over the phone


[Verse]

  C
I really don't mind the rain
and smiles can hide all the pain
                                                            G
You're down while taking the train that's taking the long way
   F
And I dream of things I'll do
       Dm                 F                    C
With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe

G
There'll been a load of compromising
            F               C
On the road to my horizon
    F                      Dm                    G   (Dm G)
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shining on me


[Chorus]

       F     G    C       (F C)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
C                           Cmaj7             G (C G)
Riding out on a horse in a star spangled rodeo
       F    G     C       (F C)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
C                             Cmaj7                G
Getting cards & letters from people I don't even know
G                           F     *
And offers coming over the phone


[Chorus]

       F     G    C       (F C)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
C                           Cmaj7             G (C G)
Riding out on a horse in a star spangled rodeo
       F    G     C       (F C)
Like a rhinestone cowboy
C                             Cmaj7                G
Getting cards & letters from people I don't even know
G                           F     *
And offers coming over the phone

* Riff
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|-3-2-0---------------------|
A|--------3-2-0--------------|
E|---------------3-1-0---1-3-|

Gsus4
E 3
B 1
G 0
D 0
A 0
E 3

Cmaj7

E 0
B 0
G 0
D 2
A 3
E 0