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