Verse
G A
What else you gonna spend that extra money on
D
What else is gonna get you up hours before dawn
G C#7
What else is gonna keep you toiling on and on and on
D A7 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 C#7
You need to invite all of the frustration that you can
D A7 D
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
G B7
Everything is better with some cows around
Em A7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
G E7
Let me bestow this western blessing and leave you saddle bound
Am D7 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 C#7
What else could ever bring all these enhancements to your life
D A7 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 C#7
What else will take a run at you in a fit of bovine rage
D A7 D
May you always have cows around
[Chorus]
G B7
Everything is better with some cows around
Em A7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
G E7
And although this western blessing leaves you cattle bound
Am D7 G
May you always have cows around
[Bridge]
G
What kinda cows?
Em
Well, there's Hereford, Highland, Simmental, Welsh Black and Maine Anjou
G
Chianina, Limousin, Shorthorn, Charolais, Watusi, too
Em
Texas Longhorn, Corriente, Romagnola, Galloway
G D
And Angus, Brahma, Brangus, Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein, hey
[Solo]
G B7
Em A7
G E7
Am D7 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 C#7
You mighta had to do all kinds of things to raise the cash
D A7 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 C#7
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 A7 D
You will always have cows around
[Chorus]
G B7
Everything is better with some cows around
Em A7
Living in town sometimes brings me down
G E7
You won't know what you're missing till you hear that sound
Am D7 G
May you always have cows around
Am D7 G
May you always have cows around Moooooo!