Cowboys Delight

John Denver

tom:

Style suggestion:   A
E|-------0-----|
B|-----2---2---|
G|---2-------2-|
D|-------------|
A|-0-----------|
E|-------------|
                    1 & 2 & 3 &

Notes: - The walkdown at the end of verse one will be
         referred to as #1.


(intro)

A   Asus4   Asus4   A   (2x)


      A           Asus4    /        A
Sing songs of the sunrise into the nigh
      A        Asus4      /           A
the stars as a timepiece make it all right
       A              Asus4      /           A
Make friends with the darkness, talk to the moon
      A            Asus4
and when the light lifts,
        Asus4      A  A/g#  A/f#  A/e D D/c#  E (Esus4)
you can let out a tune


  A         Asus4        /                  A
Then to the mountains, climbed through the sky
       A                 Asus4       /                 A
They showed there their whiteness, watched their gold fly
  A             Asus4        /             A
Shared in their treasures, shook at their might
       A        Asus4       /          C  (     walkdown #2)
Spoke softly in wonders... cowboy's delight


(walkdown #2 : my best attempt at transcribing what is
probably a two-guitar part)

  C
  ^                        ^           ^
E|----------0-------------|----------0-------------|
B|-------1-----1----------|-------1--------1-------|
G|----0-----------0-------|----0--------0----------|
D|------------------------|-2----------------------|
A|-3----------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
  1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .


  (h)
    ^                        ^
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|---1-----1--------------|------------1-----------|
G|-0-2-----0--------------|---0-----0-----0--------|
D|---------------2--------|------2-----------2-----|
A|---3--------------------|---3--------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
    1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .


  (h)
    ^                        ^
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|---1-----1--------------|------------1-----------|
G|-0-2-----0--------------|---0-----0-----0--------|
D|---------------2--------|------2-----------2-----|
A|---3--------------------|---3--------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
    1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .


  (h)
    ^                        ^
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|---1-----1--------------|------------------------|
G|-0-2-----0--------------|---0--------------------|
D|---------------2--------|---------3-----2--------|
A|---3--------------------|---3--------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
    1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .


  D                        D/C#
E|------------------------|----------2-------------|
B|----------3-------------|-------3-----3----------|
G|-------2-----2----------|----2-----------2-------|
D|----4-----------4-------|------------------------|
A|-5----------------------|-4----------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
  1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .

  Bm7                      D/a
E|------------------------|----------2-------------|
B|----------3-------------|-------3-----3----------|
G|-------2-----2----------|----2-----------2-------|
D|----4-----------4-------|------------------------|
A|-2----------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|-5----------------------|
  1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .


  Bm7                      D/a
E|------------------------|----------2-------------|
B|----------3-------------|-------3-----3----------|
G|-------2-----2----------|----2-----------2-------|
D|----4-----------4-------|------------------------|
A|-2----------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|-5----------------------|
  1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .

  Bm7                      D/a
E|------------------------|----------2-------------|
B|----------3-------------|-------3----------------|
G|-------2-----2----------|----2-------------------|
D|----4-----------4-------|----------------4-------|
A|-2----------------------|-------------2----------|
E|------------------------|-5----------------------|
  1  .  2  .  3  .         1  .  2  .  3  .
                                       Sing...


        A           Asus4    /        A
(Sing) songs of the sunrise into the night
     A          Asus4         /          A
the song of the mountains... cowboy's delight
      A        Asus4      /           A
the stars as a timepiece make it all right
      A           Asus4
Sing songs of the mountain...
Asus4       A... (into walkdown #1, then #2)
cowboy's delight