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