Verse
A# C
What else you gonna spend that extra money on
F
What else is gonna get you up hours before dawn
A# E7
What else is gonna keep you toiling on and on and on
F C7 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
A# E7
You need to invite all of the frustration that you can
F C7 F
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
A# D7
Everything is better with some cows around
Gm C7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
A# G7
Let me bestow this western blessing and leave you saddle bound
Cm F7 A#
May you always have cows around
[Verse 3]
A# 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
A# E7
What else could ever bring all these enhancements to your life
F C7 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
A# E7
What else will take a run at you in a fit of bovine rage
F C7 F
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
A# D7
Everything is better with some cows around
Gm C7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
A# G7
And although this western blessing leaves you cattle bound
Cm F7 A#
May you always have cows around
[Bridge]
A#
What kinda cows?
Gm
Well, there's Hereford, Highland, Simmental, Welsh Black and Maine Anjou
A#
Chianina, Limousin, Shorthorn, Charolais, Watusi, too
Gm
Texas Longhorn, Corriente, Romagnola, Galloway
A# F
And Angus, Brahma, Brangus, Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein, hey
[Solo]
A# D7
Gm C7
A# G7
Cm F7 A#
[Verse 5]
A# 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
A# E7
You mighta had to do all kinds of things to raise the cash
F C7 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?
A# E7
It's too late now, you know it is, you'd just as well admit
F A#
You have a badly flawed and sentimental masochistic-ness
F A#
And that despite all the statistics and the advice that you get
F C7 F
You will always have cows around
[Chorus]
A# D7
Everything is better with some cows around
Gm C7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
A# G7
You won't know what you're missing till you hear that sound
Cm F7 A#
May you always have cows around
Cm F7 A#
May you always have cows around Moooooo!