G                           C
Friend I'm writing you this letter

                         G
And it's a long time overdue

                                   D7
You're thinking just mind your own business

                            G
I wouldn't blame you if you do

 
                              C
You know our range is gettin' smaller

                          G
Hear you're all busted up inside

                                 D7
But it ain't the broncos that'll kill you

                                 G
It's just that damned old cowboy pride

   
                        C         Am
Cowboy pride can always get a man through

    D7                       G
But cowboy pride will make a fool of you

               D7
Good women are hard to find

                      G
I'm talkin' about the faithful kind

 
                                C
I hear you're running with that waitress

                        G
And she's under age and wild

                                    D7
You know your wife's the best there is son

                            G
Would you move in with that child

 
                               C
She stuck with you through the hard times

                            G
Think of all the nights she cried

                    D7
Will she be another victim

                        G
Of that same old cowboy pride


                            C
Guess it's time to close my letter

                                  G
It's just somethin' that I had to do

                         D7
You know I made the same mistake once

                             C
Before she fell in love with you


                            C
So go home to your wife and family

                          G
It's time to put the past aside

                         D7
So you don't end up like me now

                        G
Nothin' left but cowboy pride


                        C         Am
Cowboy pride can always get a man through

    D7                       G
But cowboy pride will make a fool of you

               D7
Good women are hard to find

                      G
I'm talkin' about the faithful kind


                  D7
Don't end up like me now

                             G
With nothin' left but cowboy pride