Verse
A B
What else you gonna spend that extra money on
E
What else is gonna get you up hours before dawn
A D#7
What else is gonna keep you toiling on and on and on
E B7 E
May you always have cows around
[Verse 2]
E B
Come on, you know that you got too much time on your hands
E
And not nearly enough complication in your plans
A D#7
You need to invite all of the frustration that you can
E B7 E
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
A C#7
Everything is better with some cows around
F#m B7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
A F#7
Let me bestow this western blessing and leave you saddle bound
Bm E7 A
May you always have cows around
[Verse 3]
A B
What else could make a bishop swear like a sailor might
E
What else could cause such tension between a man and his wife
A D#7
What else could ever bring all these enhancements to your life
E B7 E
May you always have cows around
[Verse 4]
E B
What else is gonna get out when you don't close the gate
E
What else is gonna make you prematurely show your age
A D#7
What else will take a run at you in a fit of bovine rage
E B7 E
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
A C#7
Everything is better with some cows around
F#m B7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
A F#7
And although this western blessing leaves you cattle bound
Bm E7 A
May you always have cows around
[Bridge]
A
What kinda cows?
F#m
Well, there's Hereford, Highland, Simmental, Welsh Black and Maine Anjou
A
Chianina, Limousin, Shorthorn, Charolais, Watusi, too
F#m
Texas Longhorn, Corriente, Romagnola, Galloway
A E
And Angus, Brahma, Brangus, Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein, hey
[Solo]
A C#7
F#m B7
A F#7
Bm E7 A
[Verse 5]
A B
You mighta had to let em dig for oil and gas
E
You mighta had to turn the place into an exotic game ranch
A D#7
You mighta had to do all kinds of things to raise the cash
E B7 E
So you'd always have cows around
[Verse 6]
E B
How else you gonna lose it all like daddy did
E
What else will make sure you leave nothin' for your kids?
A D#7
It's too late now, you know it is, you'd just as well admit
E A
You have a badly flawed and sentimental masochistic-ness
E A
And that despite all the statistics and the advice that you get
E B7 E
You will always have cows around
[Chorus]
A C#7
Everything is better with some cows around
F#m B7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
A F#7
You won't know what you're missing till you hear that sound
Bm E7 A
May you always have cows around
Bm E7 A
May you always have cows around Moooooo!