Verse
C D
What else you gonna spend that extra money on
G
What else is gonna get you up hours before dawn
C F#7
What else is gonna keep you toiling on and on and on
G D7 G
May you always have cows around
[Verse 2]
G D
Come on, you know that you got too much time on your hands
G
And not nearly enough complication in your plans
C F#7
You need to invite all of the frustration that you can
G D7 G
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
C E7
Everything is better with some cows around
Am D7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
C A7
Let me bestow this western blessing and leave you saddle bound
Dm G7 C
May you always have cows around
[Verse 3]
C D
What else could make a bishop swear like a sailor might
G
What else could cause such tension between a man and his wife
C F#7
What else could ever bring all these enhancements to your life
G D7 G
May you always have cows around
[Verse 4]
G D
What else is gonna get out when you don't close the gate
G
What else is gonna make you prematurely show your age
C F#7
What else will take a run at you in a fit of bovine rage
G D7 G
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
C E7
Everything is better with some cows around
Am D7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
C A7
And although this western blessing leaves you cattle bound
Dm G7 C
May you always have cows around
[Bridge]
C
What kinda cows?
Am
Well, there's Hereford, Highland, Simmental, Welsh Black and Maine Anjou
C
Chianina, Limousin, Shorthorn, Charolais, Watusi, too
Am
Texas Longhorn, Corriente, Romagnola, Galloway
C G
And Angus, Brahma, Brangus, Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein, hey
[Solo]
C E7
Am D7
C A7
Dm G7 C
[Verse 5]
C D
You mighta had to let em dig for oil and gas
G
You mighta had to turn the place into an exotic game ranch
C F#7
You mighta had to do all kinds of things to raise the cash
G D7 G
So you'd always have cows around
[Verse 6]
G D
How else you gonna lose it all like daddy did
G
What else will make sure you leave nothin' for your kids?
C F#7
It's too late now, you know it is, you'd just as well admit
G C
You have a badly flawed and sentimental masochistic-ness
G C
And that despite all the statistics and the advice that you get
G D7 G
You will always have cows around
[Chorus]
C E7
Everything is better with some cows around
Am D7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
C A7
You won't know what you're missing till you hear that sound
Dm G7 C
May you always have cows around
Dm G7 C
May you always have cows around Moooooo!