Verse
C# D#
What else you gonna spend that extra money on
G#
What else is gonna get you up hours before dawn
C# G7
What else is gonna keep you toiling on and on and on
G# D#7 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# G7
You need to invite all of the frustration that you can
G# D#7 G#
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
C# F7
Everything is better with some cows around
A#m D#7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
C# A#7
Let me bestow this western blessing and leave you saddle bound
D#m G#7 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# G7
What else could ever bring all these enhancements to your life
G# D#7 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# G7
What else will take a run at you in a fit of bovine rage
G# D#7 G#
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
C# F7
Everything is better with some cows around
A#m D#7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
C# A#7
And although this western blessing leaves you cattle bound
D#m G#7 C#
May you always have cows around
[Bridge]
C#
What kinda cows?
A#m
Well, there's Hereford, Highland, Simmental, Welsh Black and Maine Anjou
C#
Chianina, Limousin, Shorthorn, Charolais, Watusi, too
A#m
Texas Longhorn, Corriente, Romagnola, Galloway
C# G#
And Angus, Brahma, Brangus, Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein, hey
[Solo]
C# F7
A#m D#7
C# A#7
D#m G#7 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# G7
You mighta had to do all kinds of things to raise the cash
G# D#7 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# G7
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# D#7 G#
You will always have cows around
[Chorus]
C# F7
Everything is better with some cows around
A#m D#7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
C# A#7
You won't know what you're missing till you hear that sound
D#m G#7 C#
May you always have cows around
D#m G#7 C#
May you always have cows around Moooooo!