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