Verse
G# A#
What else you gonna spend that extra money on
D#
What else is gonna get you up hours before dawn
G# D7
What else is gonna keep you toiling on and on and on
D# A#7 D#
May you always have cows around
[Verse 2]
D# A#
Come on, you know that you got too much time on your hands
D#
And not nearly enough complication in your plans
G# D7
You need to invite all of the frustration that you can
D# A#7 D#
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
G# C7
Everything is better with some cows around
Fm A#7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
G# F7
Let me bestow this western blessing and leave you saddle bound
A#m D#7 G#
May you always have cows around
[Verse 3]
G# A#
What else could make a bishop swear like a sailor might
D#
What else could cause such tension between a man and his wife
G# D7
What else could ever bring all these enhancements to your life
D# A#7 D#
May you always have cows around
[Verse 4]
D# A#
What else is gonna get out when you don't close the gate
D#
What else is gonna make you prematurely show your age
G# D7
What else will take a run at you in a fit of bovine rage
D# A#7 D#
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
G# C7
Everything is better with some cows around
Fm A#7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
G# F7
And although this western blessing leaves you cattle bound
A#m D#7 G#
May you always have cows around
[Bridge]
G#
What kinda cows?
Fm
Well, there's Hereford, Highland, Simmental, Welsh Black and Maine Anjou
G#
Chianina, Limousin, Shorthorn, Charolais, Watusi, too
Fm
Texas Longhorn, Corriente, Romagnola, Galloway
G# D#
And Angus, Brahma, Brangus, Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein, hey
[Solo]
G# C7
Fm A#7
G# F7
A#m D#7 G#
[Verse 5]
G# A#
You mighta had to let em dig for oil and gas
D#
You mighta had to turn the place into an exotic game ranch
G# D7
You mighta had to do all kinds of things to raise the cash
D# A#7 D#
So you'd always have cows around
[Verse 6]
D# A#
How else you gonna lose it all like daddy did
D#
What else will make sure you leave nothin' for your kids?
G# D7
It's too late now, you know it is, you'd just as well admit
D# G#
You have a badly flawed and sentimental masochistic-ness
D# G#
And that despite all the statistics and the advice that you get
D# A#7 D#
You will always have cows around
[Chorus]
G# C7
Everything is better with some cows around
Fm A#7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
G# F7
You won't know what you're missing till you hear that sound
A#m D#7 G#
May you always have cows around
A#m D#7 G#
May you always have cows around Moooooo!