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