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