Verse
B C#
What else you gonna spend that extra money on
F#
What else is gonna get you up hours before dawn
B F7
What else is gonna keep you toiling on and on and on
F# C#7 F#
May you always have cows around
[Verse 2]
F# C#
Come on, you know that you got too much time on your hands
F#
And not nearly enough complication in your plans
B F7
You need to invite all of the frustration that you can
F# C#7 F#
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
B D#7
Everything is better with some cows around
G#m C#7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
B G#7
Let me bestow this western blessing and leave you saddle bound
C#m F#7 B
May you always have cows around
[Verse 3]
B C#
What else could make a bishop swear like a sailor might
F#
What else could cause such tension between a man and his wife
B F7
What else could ever bring all these enhancements to your life
F# C#7 F#
May you always have cows around
[Verse 4]
F# C#
What else is gonna get out when you don't close the gate
F#
What else is gonna make you prematurely show your age
B F7
What else will take a run at you in a fit of bovine rage
F# C#7 F#
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
B D#7
Everything is better with some cows around
G#m C#7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
B G#7
And although this western blessing leaves you cattle bound
C#m F#7 B
May you always have cows around
[Bridge]
B
What kinda cows?
G#m
Well, there's Hereford, Highland, Simmental, Welsh Black and Maine Anjou
B
Chianina, Limousin, Shorthorn, Charolais, Watusi, too
G#m
Texas Longhorn, Corriente, Romagnola, Galloway
B F#
And Angus, Brahma, Brangus, Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein, hey
[Solo]
B D#7
G#m C#7
B G#7
C#m F#7 B
[Verse 5]
B C#
You mighta had to let em dig for oil and gas
F#
You mighta had to turn the place into an exotic game ranch
B F7
You mighta had to do all kinds of things to raise the cash
F# C#7 F#
So you'd always have cows around
[Verse 6]
F# C#
How else you gonna lose it all like daddy did
F#
What else will make sure you leave nothin' for your kids?
B F7
It's too late now, you know it is, you'd just as well admit
F# B
You have a badly flawed and sentimental masochistic-ness
F# B
And that despite all the statistics and the advice that you get
F# C#7 F#
You will always have cows around
[Chorus]
B D#7
Everything is better with some cows around
G#m C#7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
B G#7
You won't know what you're missing till you hear that sound
C#m F#7 B
May you always have cows around
C#m F#7 B
May you always have cows around Moooooo!