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