Verse
A#
Well she's never not had horses
D# A#
And she don't know what to do
N.C.
F few left on the place are lame
D# F7
Their ribs are showing through
A#
F she knows it ain't fair to them
D# A#
With winter coming soon
PRE-CHORUS
N.C.
But she's never not had horses
F A# A# A# A#
And she don't know what to do
VERSE:
A# D# A#
Without some kind of cabby 'round she don't know who she is
A# D# F
She grew up trailing cattle in the Rockies as a kid
A#
She rode to a one room school house
D# A#
She learned her letters pass or fail
A#
And each day her greatest teacher
F7 A# A#
Was just outside, tied to the rail
CHORUS:
D#
Well she's never not had horses
Gm
She's rode her whole life through
G# G#
Without a couple ponies round
G# N.C. A# A# A# A#
What's an old cowgirl meant to do
VERSE:
A#
Shes feeding lots of oats
D# A#
But they won't keep on any weight
A#
You can't rope off of Jackie now
D# F
We're about to lose the paint
A#
She dreams about a green broke colt
D# A#
But her knees are bad too
PRE-CHORUS:
A#
Well she's never not had horses
F A# A#
And she don't know what to do
CHORUS:
D#
Well she's never not had horses
Gm
She's rode her whole life through
G# G#
Without a couple ponies round
G# N.C. A# A#
What's an old cowgirl meant to do
INSTRUMENTAL:
D# D# Gm Gm G# G# A# A#
D# D# Gm Gm G# G#
G# A# A# A#
What's an old cowgirl meant to do
VERSE:
A#
All her life she's marked her time
D# A#
With horses that she's loved
N.C.
But now she's all alone out there
D# F7
And with A# G# gone it's tough
A#
The vet's just up the road and tells her
D# A#
"It's for their own good"
N.C. F7
But when it's time to place the call I ask you
F7 A# A#
"Who among you could ?"
CHORUS:
D#
Well she's never not had horses
Gm
She's rode her whole life through
G# G#
Without a couple ponies round
G# A# A# A#
What's an old cowgirl meant to do
OUTRO:
N.C.
Well she's never not had horses
D# A#
And she don't know what to do.