Verse
D#
Well she's never not had horses
G# D#
And she don't know what to do
N.C.
A# few left on the place are lame
G# A#7
Their ribs are showing through
D#
A# she knows it ain't fair to them
G# D#
With winter coming soon
PRE-CHORUS
N.C.
But she's never not had horses
A# D# D# D# D#
And she don't know what to do
VERSE:
D# G# D#
Without some kind of cabby 'round she don't know who she is
D# G# A#
She grew up trailing cattle in the Rockies as a kid
D#
She rode to a one room school house
G# D#
She learned her letters pass or fail
D#
And each day her greatest teacher
A#7 D# D#
Was just outside, tied to the rail
CHORUS:
G#
Well she's never not had horses
Cm
She's rode her whole life through
C# C#
Without a couple ponies round
C# N.C. D# D# D# D#
What's an old cowgirl meant to do
VERSE:
D#
Shes feeding lots of oats
G# D#
But they won't keep on any weight
D#
You can't rope off of Jackie now
G# A#
We're about to lose the paint
D#
She dreams about a green broke colt
G# D#
But her knees are bad too
PRE-CHORUS:
D#
Well she's never not had horses
A# D# D#
And she don't know what to do
CHORUS:
G#
Well she's never not had horses
Cm
She's rode her whole life through
C# C#
Without a couple ponies round
C# N.C. D# D#
What's an old cowgirl meant to do
INSTRUMENTAL:
G# G# Cm Cm C# C# D# D#
G# G# Cm Cm C# C#
C# D# D# D#
What's an old cowgirl meant to do
VERSE:
D#
All her life she's marked her time
G# D#
With horses that she's loved
N.C.
But now she's all alone out there
G# A#7
And with D# C# gone it's tough
D#
The vet's just up the road and tells her
G# D#
"It's for their own good"
N.C. A#7
But when it's time to place the call I ask you
A#7 D# D#
"Who among you could ?"
CHORUS:
G#
Well she's never not had horses
Cm
She's rode her whole life through
C# C#
Without a couple ponies round
C# D# D# D#
What's an old cowgirl meant to do
OUTRO:
N.C.
Well she's never not had horses
G# D#
And she don't know what to do.